Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) - CVE-2020-12350

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) - CVE-2020-12350

Published: November 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48382
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12350
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Intel
Affected software:
Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU)

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-12350

Install updates from vendor's website.

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