Intel® Innovation Engine Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Innovation Engine Build and Signing Tool may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2020-8675

Description: Insufficient control flow management in firmware build and signing tool for Intel® Innovation Engine before version 1.0.859 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.1 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® Innovation Engine Build and Signing Tool before version 1.0.859.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users update to the latest firmware version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses this issue.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Mark Ermolov from Positive Technologies, and Maxim Goryachy (independent) 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.