Intel® Brand Verification Tool Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Brand Verification Tool may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-0143

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel® Brand Verification Tool before version 11.0.0.1225 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® Brand Verification Tool before version 11.0.0.1225.

Recommendation:

The Intel® Brand Verification Tool is provided to OEM customers under NDA. For current users of the Intel® Brand Verification Tool, Intel recommends updating this tool to version 11.0.0.1225 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://intelinside.intel.com/pvp/pvpweb/#/bvt&gt;

Acknowledgements:

The following issue was found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank Carl Mullet.

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.