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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.0500
Intel SA-00340: MPSS Advisory
13 February 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Intel Manycore Platform Software Stack
Publisher: Intel
Operating System: Linux variants
Windows
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-0563
Original Bulletin:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00340.html
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INTEL-SA-00340
The latest security information on Intel products.
Intel MPSS Advisory
Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00340
Advisory Category: Software
Impact of vulnerability : Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating : MEDIUM
Original release: 02/11/2020
Last revised: 02/11/2020
Summary:
A potential security vulnerability in Intel Manycore Platform Software Stack
(MPSS) may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates
to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2020-0563
Description: Improper permissions in the installer for Intel(R) MPSS before
version 3.8.6 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 MPSS before version 3.8.6.
Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating Intel MPSS to version 3.8.6 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location: https://software.intel.com
/en-us/articles/intel-manycore-platform-software-stack-mpss#lx38rel
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 02/11/2020 Initial Release
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Copyright (C) Intel Corporation 2019
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