VDB-127976 · CVE-2018-3705 · GCVE-0-2018-3705

Intel System Defense Utility Permission access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Intel System Defense Utility. This affects an unknown part of the component Permission. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-3705. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel System Defense Utility (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component 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:

Improper directory permissions in the installer for the Intel System Defense Utility (all versions) may allow authenticated users to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

The bug was discovered 12/11/2018. The weakness was released 12/14/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at intel.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-3705 since 12/28/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/21/2020). 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 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Intel

Name

System Defense Utility

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

12/28/2017 🔍
12/11/2018 +348 days 🔍
12/13/2018 +2 days 🔍
12/14/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/14/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/21/2020 +494 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-3705 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-3705
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127976

Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2018 07:35
Updated: 04/21/2020 07:25
Changes: 12/14/2018 07:35 (56), 04/21/2020 07:25 (2)
Complete: 🔍
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