Intel® NUC Pro Chassis Element Driver Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in some Intel® NUC Pro Chassis Element AverMedia Capture Card drivers may allow an escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-0160

Description: Uncontrolled search path in some Intel® NUC Pro Chassis Element AverMedia Capture Card drivers before version 3.0.64.143 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 Pro Chassis Element AverMedia Capture Card drivers before version 3.0.64.143.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the AverMedia Capture Card Drivers for Intel® NUC Pro Chassis Element to version 3.0.64.143 or later.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Eran Shimony of CyberArk Labs 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.