Intel® Battery Life Diagnostic Tool Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Battery Life Diagnostic Tool may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:** CVE-2020-12346**

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel® Battery Life Diagnostic Tool before version 1.0.7 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

Affected Products:

Intel® Battery Life Diagnostic Tool before version 1.0.7.

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® Battery Life Diagnostic Tool to version 1.0.7 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29348/Intel-Battery-Life-Diagnostic-Tool&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai** **for reporting this issue and working with us on coordinated disclosure.

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.