CVE-2021-0121: INTEL-SA-00566

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Intel® Graphics Drivers Advisory

Intel ID:

INTEL-SA-00566

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 some Intel® Graphics Drivers may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-0121

Description: Improper access control in the installer for some Intel® Iris® Xe MAX Dedicated Graphics Drivers for Windows 10 before version 27.20.100.9466 may allow 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-2021-0120

Description: Improper initialization in the installer for some Intel® Graphics DCH Drivers for Windows 10 before version 27.20.100.9316 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.4 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel® Iris® Xe MAX Dedicated Graphics Drivers for Windows 10 before version 27.20.100.9466.

Intel® Graphics DCH Drivers for Windows 10 before version 27.20.100.9316.

Intel® Graphics non DCH Drivers for Windows 10 before version 100.9416.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the affected Intel® Graphics Drivers to the latest versions.

Update is available for download at this location:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19344/

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Andrew Hess (any1) for reporting CVE-2021-012, Eran Shimony of CyebrArk for reporting CVE-2021-0120.

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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