CVE-2018-3649 Privilege escalation in Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products
Local attackers can escalate privileges via DLL injection in Intel wireless driver installers, potentially leading to remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-3649?
CVE-2018-3649 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products, published on 10 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3649?
It affects 18 products.
Products include Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 3160, Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 3165, Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 3168, Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 7260, Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 7265, Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 8260 and 12 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3649?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-3649 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3649 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4rfh-j7cc-fch4.