CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-0170

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available
amt ac 8260 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 11.8.90Fixed in:11.8.90CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
amt ac 8265 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 11.8.90Fixed in:11.8.90CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
amt ac 9260 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 12.0.85Fixed in:12.0.85CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
amt ac 9560 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 12.0.85Fixed in:12.0.85CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
amt wi-fi 6 ax200 firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.0.35Fixed in:15.0.35CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
amt wi-fi 6 ax201 firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.0.35Fixed in:15.0.35CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
amt wi-fi 6 ax210 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 15.0.35Fixed in:15.0.35CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
killer ac 1550 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 3.0Fixed in:3.0CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
killer wi-fi 6 ax1650 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 3.0Fixed in:3.0CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
killer wi-fi 6e ax1675 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 3.0Fixed in:3.0CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset ac 3165 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset ac 3168 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset ac 8260 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset ac 8265 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset ac 9260 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset ac 9461 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset ac 9462 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset ac 9560 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset wi-fi 6 ax200 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset wi-fi 6 ax201 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset wi-fi 6e ax210 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived from NVD
proset wireless 7265 \(rev d\) firmwareNVD
Affected:< 22.60Fixed in:22.60CVE-2021-0170derived 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
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days
21stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 21% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-05.