CVE-2024-21809 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Lite Edition Design software
An authenticated local user can escalate privileges in Intel Quartus Prime Lite Edition due to improper condition checks.
- 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-2024-21809?
CVE-2024-21809 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Lite Edition Design software, published on 16 May 2024. 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
Improper conditions check for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Lite Edition Design software before version 23.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21809?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Quartus Prime.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21809?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21809 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-21809 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21809 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Lite Edition Design software
- CVE-2021-44454 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition
- CVE-2022-21174 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition
- CVE-2022-21203 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition
- CVE-2022-21204 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition
- CVE-2022-21220 XML external entity in Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro Edition
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hc52-2x79-qjwh.