A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Advisor may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2021-33129
Description: Incorrect default permissions in the software installer for the Intel® Advisor before version 2021.4.0 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****
Intel® Advisor before version 2021.4.0.
Intel recommends updating the Intel® Advisor to version 2021.4.0 or later.
Updates are available for download at these locations: Intel® Advisor is available as a standalone installation and as part of the Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit.
Intel would like to thank houjingyi for reporting this issue.
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