CVE-2018-12150 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Escalation of privilege in Installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code or disclose information as administrator via local access.

Published: 2018-09-12

Score: 6.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Intel Corporation

Intel(R) Extreme Tuning Utility

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Versions before 6.4.1.2.`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:intel:extreme_tuning_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-4128	Escalation of privilege in Installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code or disclose information as administrator via local access.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00377.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00162.html

History

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Subscriptions

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published: 2018-09-12T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:47:05.665Z

Reserved: 2018-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-12150

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-12T19:29:01.010

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:37:13.343

Link: CVE-2018-12150

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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