Intel® NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit LAN Driver Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in some Intel® NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit LAN Drivers may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-0055

Description: Insecure inherited permissions for some Intel® NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit LAN Drivers before version 10.42 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit - LAPQC71A

Intel® NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit - LAPQC71B

Intel® NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit - LAPQC71C

Intel® NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit - LAPQC71D

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit LAN Drivers to version 10.45 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29840/Realtek-LAN-Connection-Driver-for-Intel-NUC-9-Extreme-Laptop-Kits?product=98414&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Eran Shimony for reporting this issue.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.