Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool - CVE-2020-12346
Published: November 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48370
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12346
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the installer, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12346
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool - update to 1.0.7