Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel SCS Platform Discovery Utility - CVE-2019-14605

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel SCS Platform Discovery Utility - CVE-2019-14605

Published: December 11, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23544
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14605
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Intel
Affected software:
Intel SCS Platform Discovery Utility

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper permissions in the installer. A local user can enable escalation of privilege on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-14605

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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