A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® VTune™ Profiler software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2022-26028
Description: Uncontrolled search path in the Intel® VTune™ Profiler software before version 2022.2.0 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® VTune™ Profiler software before version 2022.2.0.
Intel recommends updating the Intel® VTune™ Profiler to version 2022.2.0.
Updates are available for download at this location:
<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/vtune-profiler-download>
Intel would like to thank houjingyi 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.