Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel VTune Profiler - CVE-2021-0077

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel VTune Profiler - CVE-2021-0077

Published: June 16, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU54150
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-2021-0077
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 VTune Profiler

How to mitigate CVE-2021-0077

Install updates from vendor's website.

Intel VTune Profiler - update to 2021.1.1

External References

Related Security Bulletins