CVE-2017-5682 Privilege escalation in Intel Parallel Studio XE, Intel System Studio, Intel VTune Amplifier, Intel Inspector, Intel Advisor, Intel MPI Library, Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector, Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Cryptography for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Intel Math Kernel Library, Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library, Intel Threading Building Blocks Before 2017 Update 2

High 7.3 Published Updated

An attacker can launch a process with escalated privileges via the Intel PSET Application Install wrapper in Intel Parallel Studio XE and related tools.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-5682?

CVE-2017-5682 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Parallel Studio XE, Intel System Studio, Intel VTune Amplifier, Intel Inspector, Intel Advisor, Intel MPI Library, Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector, Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Cryptography for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Intel Math Kernel Library, Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library, Intel Threading Building Blocks Before 2017 Update 2, published on 28 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Intel PSET Application Install wrapper of Intel Parallel Studio XE, Intel System Studio, Intel VTune Amplifier, Intel Inspector, Intel Advisor, Intel MPI Library, Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector, Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Cryptography for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Intel Math Kernel Library, Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library, and Intel Threading Building Blocks before 2017 Update 2 allows an attacker to launch a process with escalated privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5682?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Intel Advisor, Intel Cryptography for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library, Intel Inspector, Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Intel Math Kernel Library and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5682?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5682 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-5682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5w4p-vh66-47f5.

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