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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-14613 – Intel VTune Amplifier for Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Description: Improper access control in driver for Intel(R) VTune(TM) Amplifier for Windows* before update 8 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Impact

Privilege Escalation

Affected Vendors

Intel

Affected Products

Intel VTune Amplifier for Windows before update 8.

Remediation

Intel recommends updating Intel VTune Amplifier for Windows to update 8 or later.

https://software.intel.com/en-us/vtune/choose-download

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