Intel® NUC Software Studio Service Installer Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® NUC Software Studio Service installer may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-38103

Description: Insecure inherited permissions in the Intel® NUC Software Studio Service installer before version 1.17.38.0 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

Affected Products:

Intel® NUC Software Studio Service before version 1.17.38.0.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® NUC Software Studio Service to version 1.17.38.0 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19691/intel-nuc-software-studioservice.html?wapkw=service&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Aobo Wang 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.