CVE-2019-14607 Privilege escalation in Intel® Processors
An authenticated local attacker can exploit improper condition checks in Intel processors to escalate privileges, cause denial of service, or disclose information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-14607?
CVE-2019-14607 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel® Processors, published on 16 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper conditions check in multiple Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable partial escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure via local access.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14607?
It affects 378 products.
Products include Intel Core I3-1000g1 Firmware, Intel Core I3-1000g4 Firmware, Intel Core I3-1005g1 Firmware, Intel Core I3-10110u Firmware, Intel Core I3-10110y Firmware, Intel Core I3-6006u Firmware and 372 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-14607?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2019-14607 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14607 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel® Processors
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14607, DSA-4565-2, GHSA-x286-gjf2-c426, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14607.