CVE-2018-3649: intel corporation dual band wireless-ac, tri-band wireless-ac and wireless-ac family of products Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-3649 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in intel corporation dual band wireless-ac, tri-band wireless-ac and wireless-ac family of products. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 10-05-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.54%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
44%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.01 pp
From 0.55% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Intel18 products
- dual_band_wireless-ac_3160< 20.20.2.2
- dual_band_wireless-ac_3165_firmware< 20.20.2.2
- dual_band_wireless-ac_3168_firmware< 20.20.2.2
- dual_band_wireless-ac_7260< 20.20.2.2
- dual_band_wireless-ac_7265_firmware< 20.20.2.2
Intel corporation1 product
- dual band wireless-ac, tri-band wireless-ac and wireless-ac family of productsMultiple versions (refer to public security advisory)
2 vendors · 19 products
References
1 links- www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00126.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory