Information disclosure in Intel IPP

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU16332

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12155

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to data leakage that may occur in certain cryptographic libraries used by the affected software. A local attacker can access sensitive information that can be used to conduct further attacks.

Mitigation

Update to version 2019 Update 1.

Vulnerable software versions

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives: 3.0 - 2018 U2.1

External links

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00202.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.