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CVE-2021-0151: INTEL-SA-00540
Improper access control in the installer for some Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® and Killer™ Bluetooth® products in Windows 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
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Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® and Killer™ Bluetooth® Advisory
Intel ID:
INTEL-SA-00540
Advisory Category:
Software
Impact of vulnerability:
Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service
Severity rating:
MEDIUM
Original release:
11/09/2021
Last revised:
11/09/2021
**Summary: **
Potential security vulnerabilities in the installer for some Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® and Killer™ Bluetooth® products may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2021-0151
Description: Improper access control in the installer for some Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® and Killer™ Bluetooth® products in Windows 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-0152
Description: Improper verification of cryptographic signature in the installer for some Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® and Killer™ Bluetooth® products in Windows 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 4.6 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® products:
- Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX210
- Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201
- Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9560
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9462
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9461
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9260
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168
- Intel® Wireless 7265 (Rev D) Family
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165
Killer™ Bluetooth® products:
- Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675
- Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650
- Killer™ Wireless-AC 1550
Recommendations:
Windows OS:
Intel recommends updating the affected Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® and Killer™ Bluetooth® products to version 22.60 or later.
Windows 10 updates are available for download at this location:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005489/wireless/intel-wireless-products.html
Updates for Killer™ drivers with Windows 10 are available for download at this location: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/secure/design/confidential/products-and-solutions/wireless-and-modems/wireless-software/killer-performance-suite.html
Acknowledgements:
These issues were found internally by Intel.
Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.
Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
1.0
11/09/2021
Initial Release
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