CVE-2019-0171 describes an improper directory permissions vulnerability in the installer for Intel Quartus II and Quartus Prime software. An authenticated local user could exploit this flaw to potentially achieve escalation of privilege. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access and low privileges, but could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.1, <= 15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_ii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1, <= 18.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.