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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0077
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Intel
Affected software:
Intel VTune Profiler

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 in the installer, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-0077

Install updates from vendor's website.

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