A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Module Management Software may allow escalation of privilege and denial of service. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2020-0546
Description: Unquoted service path in Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Module Management Software before version 1.0.0.3461 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 4.4 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Module Management Software before version 1.0.0.3461.
Intel recommends updating Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Module Management Software to 1.0.0.3461 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location: <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29380/DCPM-Software-for-Intel-Optane-DC-Persistent-Memory-for-Windows-Server-2019>
This issue was found externally.
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.