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CVE-2020-0569: INTEL-SA-00338

Out of bounds write in Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi products on Windows 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

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Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software Advisory

Intel ID:

INTEL-SA-00338

Advisory Category:

Software

Impact of vulnerability:

Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service

Severity rating:

HIGH

Original release:

04/14/2020

Last revised:

02/11/2021

**Summary: **

Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2020-0557

Description: Insecure inherited permissions in Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi products on 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-2020-0558

Description: Improper buffer restrictions in kernel mode driver for Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi products on Windows 10 may allow an unprivileged user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVEID: CVE-2020-0569

Description: Out of bounds write in Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi products on Windows 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi software for the following products before version 21.70:

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

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the drivers and software for Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi products on Windows 10 to the versions listed below:

Impacted Product

Updated Driver Version

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201

21.70.0.6

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200

21.70.0.6

Intel® Wireless-AC 9560

21.70.0.6

Intel® Wireless-AC 9462

21.70.0.6

Intel® Wireless-AC 9461

21.70.0.6

Intel® Wireless-AC 9260

21.70.0.6

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265

20.70.16.4

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260

20.70.16.4

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168

19.51.27.1

Intel® Wireless 7265 (Rev D) Family

19.51.27.1

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165

19.51.27.1

Driver and software updates are available for download at this location.

Additional support information is available at the Wireless Support site.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Kong, Haikuo Xie, Ying Wang and Andrew Hess for reporting these issues.

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

04/14/2020

Initial Release

1.1

08/20/2020

Added CVE-2020-0569

1.2

11/25/2020

Updated CVE-2020-0569 to appropriately reflect an attack vector of adjacent.

1.3

02/11/2021

Updated Recommendations

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