Intel® NUC Kit Wireless Adapter Advisory

Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® NUC Kit Wireless Adapter driver installer software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-36400

Description: Path traversal in the installer software for some Intel® NUC Kit Wireless Adapter drivers for Windows 10 before version 22.40 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2022-36384

Description: Unquoted search path in the installer software for some Intel® NUC Kit Wireless Adapter drivers for Windows 10 before version 22.40 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H****

CVEID: CVE-2022-36380

Description: Uncontrolled search path in the installer software for some Intel® NUC Kit Wireless Adapter drivers for Windows 10 before version 22.40 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H****

CVEID: CVE-2022-36377

Description: Incorrect default permissions in the installer software for some Intel® NUC Kit Wireless Adapter drivers for Windows 10 before version 22.40 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H****

Affected Products:

Intel® NUC 8 Rugged Kit - NUC8CCHKR.

Intel® NUC Kits - NUC5PPYH, NUC5PGYH, NUC6CAYH, NUC6CAYS.

Intel® NUC Board - NUC8CCHB.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating Intel® NUC Kit Wireless Adapter driver installer software to version 22.40.0 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/716640/intel-wireless-technology-based-driver-for-windows-10-windows-11-for-intel-nuc-products.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Sahnoun (CVE-2022-36380 & CVE-2022-36400) for reporting these issues.

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.