Intel SOC Driver Package: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2021.0485
                     Intel SOC Driver Package Advisory
                             10 February 2021

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Intel SOC Driver Package
Publisher:         Intel
Operating System:  Windows
Impact/Access:     Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2021-0109  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00471.html

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Intel ID:                 INTEL-SA-00471
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 System-on-a-Chip (SOC) Driver
Package for STK1A32SC may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing a
software update to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-0109

Description: Insecure inherited permissions for the Intel(R) SOC driver package
for STK1A32SC before version 604 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 SOC Driver Package for STK1A32SC before version 604.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel SOC Driver Package for STK1A32SC to version
604 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26190/
System-on-a-Chip-SOC-Driver-Package-for-STK1A32SC

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Wael Guesmi 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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