Intel® Killer™ Control Center Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Killer™ Control Center software may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-26258

Description: Improper access control for the Intel® Killer™ Control Center software before version 2.4.3337.0 may allow an authorized 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® Killer™ Control Center software before version 2.4.3337.0.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® Killer™ Control Center software to version 2.4.3337.0 or later.

Updates for Intel® Killer™ products are available for download at this location:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19779/intel-killer-performance-suite.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Michael Myng 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.