XML External Entity injection in Intel Quartus Prime Pro - CVE-2022-21220
Published: February 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60461
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-2022-21220
CWE-ID: CWE-611
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 insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A local user can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and gain elevated privileges on the target system.
Affected software
Intel Quartus Prime Pro
How to mitigate CVE-2022-21220
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Quartus Prime Pro - update to 21.3