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CVE-2020-24485

• 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
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Improper conditions check in the Intel(R) FPGA OPAE Driver for Linux before kernel version 4.17 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector software: before 2020; update1, update2, update3 — fixed in 2020

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector software 2020. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00440.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00440.html

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