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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2022.2318
Intel XTU Advisory
12 May 2022
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Intel XTU Advisory
Publisher: Intel
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-22139
Original Bulletin:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00663.html
Comment: CVSS (Max): 6.7 CVE-2022-22139 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: Intel
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00663
Advisory Category: Software
Impact of vulnerability : Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating : MEDIUM
Original release: 05/10/2022
Last revised: 05/10/2022
Summary:
A potential security vulnerability in the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU)
software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates
to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2022-22139
Description: Uncontrolled search path in the Intel(R) XTU software before
version 7.3.0.33 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable
escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
Intel XTU software before version 7.3.0.33.
Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating the Intel XTU software to version 7.3.0.33 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/17881/
intel-extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html
Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai for reporting this issue.
Intel and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice
called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is
generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.
Revision History
Revision Date Description
1.0 05/10/2022 Initial Release
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