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