Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2018-3700

Description: Code injection vulnerability in the installer for Intel® 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.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Microsoft Windows* 7 before version 5.0.4.43v2.

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver to 5.0.4.43v2 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/65855/Intel-USB-3-0-eXtensible-Host-Controller-Driver&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai for reporting this issue and working with us on coordinated disclosure.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are deployed.