Intel® VCUST Tool Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in some Intel® VCUST Tool software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing a software update to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2023-25944

Description: Uncontrolled search path element in some Intel® VCUST Tool software downloaded before February 3nd 2023 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

Affected Products:

Intel® VCUST Tool software downloaded before Feb 3, 2023.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® VCUST Tool software to the latest version.

Update instructions are available at this location:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000093699/intel-nuc.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Mohammed 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.