A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® System Usage Report (SUR) software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2022-40207
Description: Improper access control in the Intel® SUR software before version 2.4.8989 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Intel® SUR software before version 2.4.8989.
Intel recommends updating Intel® SUR software to version 2.4.8989 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19296>
Intel would like to thank Aobo Wang of Chaitin Security Research Lab 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.