XML External Entity injection in Intel Quartus Prime Pro and Intel Quartus Prime Standard - CVE-2020-24454
Published: November 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48368
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24454
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
Affected software
Intel Quartus Prime Pro
Intel Quartus Prime Standard
Intel Quartus Prime Standard
How to mitigate CVE-2020-24454
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Quartus Prime Pro - update to 20.3
Intel Quartus Prime Standard - addressed in versions 20.1 Update1, 20.2
Intel Quartus Prime Standard - addressed in versions 20.1 Update1, 20.2