CVE-2020-24481
Insecure inherited permissions for the Intel(R) Quartus Prime Pro and Standard edition software...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-24481- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-24481- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17201No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17201- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-58jx-m88m-rmq4No score
Insecure inherited permissions for the Intel(R) Quartus Prime Pro and Standard edition software...
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.
- Record
GHSA-58jx-m88m-rmq4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24481 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Intel Quartus, published February 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.