Intel® MacCPUID Software Advisory

Summary:

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

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-27180

Description: Uncontrolled search path in the Intel® MacCPUID software before version 3.2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.2 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel® MacCPUID software before version 3.2.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® MacCPUID software to version 3.2 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/674424/maccpuid.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Kang Ali 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.