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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.0478
Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition Advisory
10 February 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Intel Quartus Prime
Publisher: Intel
Operating System: Windows
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-24481
Original Bulletin:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00451.html
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Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00451
Advisory Category: Software
Impact of vulnerability : Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating : MEDIUM
Original release: 02/09/2021
Last revised: 02/09/2021
Summary:
A potential security vulnerability in the Intel Quartus Prime Pro and Standard
edition software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software
updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2020-24481
Description: Insecure inherited permissions for the Intel(R) Quartus Prime Pro
and Standard edition software 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 Quartus Prime Pro Edition before version 20.4.
Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition before version 20.1.
Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition to version 20.4 or
later.
Intel recommends updating Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition to version 20.1
or later.
Updates are available for download at these locations:
http://fpgasoftware.intel.com/?edition=pro
http://fpgasoftware.intel.com/?edition=standard
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 02/09/2021 Initial Release
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