Intel OpenVINO 2018.1.x - Permissions Privilege Escalation

Document Title:
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Intel OpenVINO 2018.1.x - Permissions Privilege Escalation


References (Source):
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https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2164

ID: INTEL-SA-00172

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12162
https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2018-AVI-432/
http://www.cnnvd.org.cn/web/xxk/ldxqById.tag?CNNVD=CNNVD-201809-614
https://vuldb.com/fr/?id.123937

Acknowledgements: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00172.html

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-12162

CVE-ID:
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CVE-2018-12162


Release Date:
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2018-11-12


Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
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2164


Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
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5.3


Vulnerability Class:
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Privilege Escalation


Current Estimated Price:
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4.000€ - 5.000€


Product & Service Introduction:
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The OpenVINO toolkit is a comprehensive toolkit for quickly developing applications and solutions that emulate human vision. 
Based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), the toolkit extends CV workloads across Intel® hardware, maximizing 
performance. Enables CNN-based deep learning inference on the edge. Speeds time-to-market through an easy-to-use library 
of CV functions and pre-optimized kernels.

(Copy of the Homepage: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/OpenVINO-RelNotes )


Abstract Advisory Information:
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The vulnerability laboratory core research team discovered a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Intel OpenVINO Toolkit v2018.1.265 for windows.


Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
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2018-11-12: Public Disclosure (Vulnerability Laboratory)


Discovery Status:
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Published


Affected Product(s):
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Intel Systems
Product: OpenVINO Toolkit (Windows) 2018.1.265 & earlier versions


Exploitation Technique:
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Local


Severity Level:
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Medium


Authentication Type:
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Restricted authentication (user/moderator) - User privileges


User Interaction:
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No User Interaction


Disclosure Type:
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Bug Bounty Program


Technical Details & Description:
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Intel OpenVINO Toolkit for Windows could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, 
caused by an incorrect default install directory permission issue. By using a specially-crafted file, an authenticated 
attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.


Solution - Fix & Patch:
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Intel recommends that users of the Intel® OpenVINO Toolkit update to the latest version. 
Updates are available for download at this location:
https://software.intel.com/en-us/openvino-toolkit/choose-download/free-download-windows


Security Risk:
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The security risk of the local privilege escalation issue in the openvino toolkit software is estimated as medium.


Credits & Authors:
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S.AbenMassaoud [[email protected]] - https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/show.php?user=S.AbenMassaoud


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