Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Posted: 29 Jun 2018

Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00140

Product family: Intel® Software

Impact of vulnerability: Escalation of Privilege

Severity rating: Important

Original release: 6/01/2010

Last revised: 5/18/2017

Summary:
Privilege escalation

Description:
Permissions issue with IPDT Installer v4.1.0.24 installs 3 files within improper permissions, allowing for arbitrary code execution and escalation of privileges.

CVSS Score 8.3 - High: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products:

IPDT – Intel® Processor Diagnostic Tool v4.1.0.24

Recommendations:

Re-install IPDT using the patched installer v4.1.0.27 or greater. Download from https://downloadcenter.intel.com/dow...iagnostic-Tool

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Stephan Kanthak (@skanthak) for reporting this issue and working with us on coordinated disclosure.

Revision History

Revision Date Description

1.0 June 27, 2018 Initial Release

CVE Name: CVE-2018-3667, CVE-2018-3668

Source: INTEL-SA-00140

Intel ID:	INTEL-SA-00140
Product family:	Intel® Software
Impact of vulnerability:	Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating:	Important
Original release:	6/01/2010
Last revised:	5/18/2017

Revision	Date	Description
1.0	June 27, 2018	Initial Release

Posted By: Brink
29 Jun 2018

Cliff S

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New 29 Jun 2018 #1

For those that want to know what IPDT is/does, see this thread: Intel® Processor Diagnostic Tool Solved - Windows 10 Forums
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New 29 Jun 2018 #2

Thanks, updated the tool
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New 29 Jun 2018 #3

Do we really need it?
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New 30 Jun 2018 #4

khanmein said:

Do we really need it?

Nope.
But if you overclock, it's a good tool to check for degradation once in a while.
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New 30 Jun 2018 #5

Never OC & can't even OC.
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