Intel HID Event Filter Driver: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2020.3979
                  Intel HID Event Filter Driver Advisory
                             11 November 2020

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Intel HID Event Filter Driver
Publisher:         Intel
Operating System:  Windows
Impact/Access:     Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-12332  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00421.html

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Intel ID:                 INTEL-SA-00421
Advisory Category:        Software
Impact of vulnerability : Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating :         MEDIUM
Original release:         11/10/2020
Last revised:             11/10/2020

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel Human Interface Device (HID)
Event Filter Driver may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing
software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-12332

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) HID Event
Filter Driver before version, all versions, 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 HID Event Filter Driver before version 2.2.1.372.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of Intel HID Event Filter Driver update to the
latest version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai for reporting this issue and
working with us on coordinated disclosure.

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      11/10/2020 Initial Release

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