A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Renesas Electronics® USB 3.0 Driver may allow escalation of privilege.** Intel is not releasing updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability and has issued a Product Discontinuation Notice for this driver.**
CVEID: CVE-2020-0560
Description: Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel® Renesas Electronics® USB 3.0 Driver, all versions, 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
Intel® Renesas Electronics® USB 3.0 Driver, all versions.
Intel has issued a Product Discontinuation notice for Intel® Renesas Electronics® USB 3.0 Driver and recommends that users of the Intel® Renesas Electronics® USB 3.0 Driver uninstall it or discontinue use at their earliest convenience.
Intel would like to thank Kadir 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.