Intel SSD Toolbox Advisory: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2021.0482
                        Intel SSD Toolbox Advisory
                             10 February 2021

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Intel SSD Toolbox Advisory
Publisher:         Intel
Operating System:  Windows
Impact/Access:     Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-8701  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00457.html

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Intel ID:                 INTEL-SA-00457
Advisory Category:        Software
Impact of vulnerability : Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating :         HIGH
Original release:         02/09/2021
Last revised:             02/09/2021

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel Solid State Drive (SSD) Toolbox
may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is not releasing updates to mitigate
this potential vulnerability and has replaced it with the Intel Memory and
Storage (MAS) Tool.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2020-8701

Description: Incorrect default permissions in installer for the Intel(R) SSD
Toolbox versions before 2/9/2021 may allow a privileged user to potentially
enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.4 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

Intel SSD Toolbox version before 2/9/2021.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends removing the Intel SSD Toolbox and use the Intel MAS Tool
going forward.

Updates are available for download at this location:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/30058/
Intel-Memory-and-Storage-Tool-GUI-?wapkw=SSD%20toolbox

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Nuttakorn Tungpoonsup 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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