CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-3649

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel's wireless drivers and related software in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products allows a local attacker to cause escalation of privilege via remote code execution.

How to fix

Remediation Available
dual band wireless-ac 3160NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
dual band wireless-ac 3165NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
dual band wireless-ac 3168NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
dual band wireless-ac 7260NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
dual band wireless-ac 7265NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
dual band wireless-ac 8260NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
dual band wireless-ac 8265NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
dual band wireless-n 7260NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
dual band wireless-n 7265NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
tri-band wireless-ac 17265NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
tri-band wireless-ac 18260NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
tri-band wireless-ac 18265NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
wireless-ac 9260NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
wireless-ac 9461NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
wireless-ac 9462NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
wireless-ac 9560NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
wireless-n 7260NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD
wireless-n 7265NVD
Affected:< 20.20.2.2Fixed in:20.20.2.2CVE-2018-3649derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.55%probability of exploitation in 30 days
42ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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