Intel® GPA Software Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (GPA) software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-33101

Description: Uncontrolled search path in the Intel® GPA software before version 21.2 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® GPA software before version 21.2.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® GPA software to version 21.2 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/graphics-performance-analyzers/download.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai 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.