Intel® SUR Software Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® System Usage Report (SUR) software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-40207

Description: Improper access control in the Intel® SUR software before version 2.4.8989 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High

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

Affected Products:

Intel® SUR software before version 2.4.8989.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® SUR software to version 2.4.8989 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19296&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Aobo Wang of Chaitin Security Research Lab 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.