Security Week is reporting that Intel is discontinuing the Intel Remote Keyboard app due to critical security flaws. The app was released in 2015 on Android and iOS, the Android version has been downloaded over 500,000 times, and was used to wirelessly control the Intel NUC and Compute Stick. Intel announced that the app is affected by 3 "Escalation of privilege" flaws, the worst being marked Critical allows a network attacker to inject keystrokes as a local user.
While "Escalation of privilege" sounds like something you would get banned for on Tumblr, it is a shame that Intel isn't even going to bother fixing these flaws and just scrapped the app instead.
Intel does not plan on releasing patches for these vulnerabilities. The company has decided to discontinue the product and advised users to uninstall the apps at their earliest convenience. Intel Remote Keyboard has been removed from both Google Play and the Apple App Store.
While "Escalation of privilege" sounds like something you would get banned for on Tumblr, it is a shame that Intel isn't even going to bother fixing these flaws and just scrapped the app instead.
Intel does not plan on releasing patches for these vulnerabilities. The company has decided to discontinue the product and advised users to uninstall the apps at their earliest convenience. Intel Remote Keyboard has been removed from both Google Play and the Apple App Store.