Privilege escalation in file permissions in Intel Computing Improvement Program before version 2.2.0.03942 may allow an authenticated user…

published 2018-09-12 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-4146

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits: 0; none known

Privilege escalation in file permissions in Intel Computing Improvement Program before version 2.2.0.03942 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code as administrator via local access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

intel computing_improvement_program 2.2.0.03942

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Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Intel Corporation Intel(R) Computing Improvement Program

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00165.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-12168
NVD CVE-2018-12168

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