Intel® Pathfinder for RISC-V Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in some Intel® Pathfinder for RISC-V software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is not releasing updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability and has issued a Product Discontinuation Notice for Intel® Pathfinder for RISC-V.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2023-27386

Description: Uncontrolled search path in some Intel® Pathfinder for RISC-V software 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® Pathfinder for RISC-V all versions.

Recommendations:

Intel has issued a Product Discontinuation notice for Intel® Pathfinder for RISC-V and recommends that users of the Intel® Pathfinder for RISC-V software uninstall it or discontinue use at their earliest convenience.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank houjingyi 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.