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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.3739
Intel SoC Watch 2021 Advisory
10 November 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Intel SoC Watch driver
Publisher: Intel
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-0065
Reference: ESB-2021.3734
Original Bulletin:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00547.html
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Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00547
Advisory Category: Software
Impact of vulnerability : Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating : HIGH
Original release: 11/09/2021
Last revised: 11/09/2021
Summary:
A potential security vulnerability in the Intel SoC Watch driver may allow
escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this
potential vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2021-0065
Description: Heap-based overflow in Intel(R) SoC Watch based software before
version 2021.1 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of
privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.2 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool before version 1.2.
Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit before version 2021.4.0.
Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool to version 1.2 or
later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29348/
Intel-Battery-Life-Diagnostic-Tool
Intel recommends updating Intel OneAPI Base Toolkit to version 2021.4.0 or
later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/oneapi/base-toolkit/
download.html
Acknowledgements:
The following issue was found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like
to thank Anton Rechkov.
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 11/09/2021 Initial Release
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