Improper Conditions Check in Intel FPGA OPAE Driver for Linux: Potential Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Improper Conditions Check in Intel FPGA OPAE Driver for Linux: Potential Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2020-24485 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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