Intel® Serial IO Driver for Intel® NUC 11 Gen Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Serial IO driver for Intel® NUC 11 Gen may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing a software update to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-33118

Description: Improper access control in the software installer for the Intel® Serial IO driver for Intel® NUC 11 Gen before version 30.100.2104.1 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® Serial IO driver for Intel® NUC 11 Gen before version 30.100.2104.1.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® Serial IO driver for Intel® NUC 11 Gen to version 30.100.2104.1 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/30131/Intel-Serial-IO-Driver-for-Intel-NUC-11-Gen&gt;

Acknowledgements:

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.