Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel Quartus Prime Standard and Intel Quartus Prime Pro - CVE-2022-26840
Published: March 8, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU73160
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26840
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 improper neutralization, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Intel Quartus Prime Standard
Intel Quartus Prime Pro
Intel Quartus Prime Pro
How to mitigate CVE-2022-26840
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Quartus Prime Standard - update to 22.1STD
Intel Quartus Prime Pro - update to 22.2
Intel Quartus Prime Pro - update to 22.2