Intel patched six security vulnerabilities during the January 2020 Patch Tuesday. Vulnerabilities include a high severity vulnerability in VTune and a bug affecting the Intel Processor Graphics drivers for Windows and Linux. Intel says that they are not aware of any of the security issues being exploited in the wild, but users are advised to install the updates as soon as possible. The vulnerabilities could allow authenticated users to potentially trigger denial of service states and escalate privileges via local access, while others could lead to information disclosure. Intel: “An authenticated attacker with local access could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to gain escalation of privileges”””
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/intel-patches-high-severity-flaw-in-vtune-performance-profiler/