Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel Quartus Prime Standard - CVE-2022-21203

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel Quartus Prime Standard - CVE-2022-21203

Published: February 9, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60459
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21203
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Intel
Affected software:
Intel Quartus Prime Standard

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

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


How to mitigate CVE-2022-21203

Install updates from vendor's website.

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