Intel® DSA Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant (DSA) software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-26017

Description: Improper access control in the Intel® DSA software before version 22.2.14 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.3 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H****

Affected Products:

Intel® DSA software before version 22.2.14.

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating Intel® DSA software to version 22.2.14 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/intel-driver-support-assistant.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank @j00sean 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.