A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Manageability Commander may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2021-0126
Description: Improper input validation for the Intel® Manageability Commander before version 2.2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L****
Intel® Manageability Commander before version 2.2.
Intel recommends updating Intel® Manageability Commander to version 2.2 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18796/intel-manageability-commander.html>
This issue was found internally by Intel.
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.