CVE-2020-24481

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Insecure inherited permissions for the Intel(R) Quartus Prime Pro and Standard edition software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

Intel Quartus: before 20.1; before 20.4 — fixed in 20.1, 20.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Quartus 20.1, 20.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00451.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00451.html

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