Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel products - CVE-2021-0106
Published: June 14, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54100
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-2021-0106
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, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory
3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory
How to mitigate CVE-2021-0106
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory - addressed in versions 1.00.00.3515, 2.00.00.3842