CVE-2019-11120 Privilege escalation in Active System Console Advisory
An authenticated local user can escalate privileges due to insufficient path checking in the Intel Active System Console installer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-11120?
CVE-2019-11120 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel® Active System Console Advisory, published on 11 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient path checking in the installer for Intel(R) Active System Console before version 8.0 Build 24 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11120?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Active System Console.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11120?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11120 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-11120 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11120 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33g2-9gvg-pqfw.