Intel Quartus Directory Permission access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Intel Quartus. Affected is an unknown function of the component Directory Permission. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-0171. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Intel Quartus (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Directory 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 Intel(R) Quartus(R) software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The weakness was published 05/17/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-0171 since 11/13/2018. 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 09/21/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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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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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/13/2018 🔍
05/17/2019 +185 days 🔍
05/18/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/21/2023 +1587 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: K33245306
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-0171 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-0171
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-135200

Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2019 09:15
Updated: 09/21/2023 20:37
Changes: 05/18/2019 09:15 (51), 06/13/2020 14:41 (1), 09/21/2023 20:37 (4)
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