Untrusted search path in Intel Quartus Prime Standard and Intel Quartus Prime Pro - CVE-2022-37329

 

Untrusted search path in Intel Quartus Prime Standard and Intel Quartus Prime Pro - CVE-2022-37329

Published: March 8, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU73163
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-2022-37329
CWE-ID: CWE-426
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 uncontrolled search path, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Intel Quartus Prime Standard
Intel Quartus Prime Pro

How to mitigate CVE-2022-37329

Install updates from vendor's website.

Intel Quartus Prime Standard - update to 21.1
Intel Quartus Prime Pro - update to 21.3

External References

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