Intel Driver/Support Assistant up to 3.5.0.0 File Permission access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Driver and Support Assistant up to 3.5.0.0 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component File Permission. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-12148. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Intel Driver and Support Assistant up to 3.5.0.0 (Hardware Driver Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component File Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Privilege escalation in file permissions in Intel Driver and Support Assistant before 3.5.0.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code as administrator via local access.

The bug was discovered 09/11/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at intel.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-12148 since 06/11/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 3.5.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-123939 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Driver/Support Assistant 3.5.0.1

Timelineinfo

06/11/2018 🔍
09/11/2018 +92 days 🔍
09/12/2018 +0 days 🔍
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09/13/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/23/2020 +557 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-12148 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12148
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123932
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/13/2018 06:58
Updated: 03/23/2020 08:09
Changes: 09/13/2018 06:58 (61), 03/23/2020 08:09 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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