CVE-2018-3700 Code injection vulnerability in the installer for Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 before version
Medium 6.7
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-3700 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-3700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Feb 2019.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3700 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3700/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3700/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-3700?
CVE-2018-3700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Feb 2019.
Official description
Code injection vulnerability in the installer for Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 before version 5.0.4.43v2 may allow a user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3700?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Usb 3.0 Extensible Host Controller Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3700?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3700 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-3700 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3700 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jr36-5fx2-2v6w.