Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.****

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2018-3701

Description: Improper directory permissions in the installer for Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software version 20.100 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.5 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software version 20.100 and before.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends using Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi version 21.0 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005634/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Stefan Kanthak for reporting this issue.

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 available.