Intel VTune Profiler: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account

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                               ESB-2021.2022
                       Intel VTune Profiler Advisory
                                9 June 2021

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Intel VTune Profiler
Publisher:         Intel
Operating System:  Windows
                   UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access:     Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2021-0077  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00518.html

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Intel ID:                 INTEL-SA-00518
Advisory Category:        Software
Impact of vulnerability : Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating :         MEDIUM
Original release:         06/08/2021
Last revised:             06/08/2021

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel VTune Profiler may allow
escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this
potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-0077

Description: Insecure inherited permissions in the installer for the Intel(R)
VTune(TM) Profiler before version 2021.1.1 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 VTune Profiler before version 2021.1.1.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel VTune Profiler to version 2021.1.1 or
later.

Intel VTune Profiler updates are available for download at this location:

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/oneapi/components/
vtune-profiler.html

Standalone Intel VTune Profiler installers (without the oneAPI Base Toolkit)
updates are available for download at this location:

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/
oneapi-standalone-components.html#vtune

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank @j00sean 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      06/08/2021 Initial Release

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