What is CVE-2018-12162?

CVE-2018-12162 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Openvino Toolkit, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-12162?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Openvino Toolkit

CVE-2018-12162

Directory permissions in the Intel OpenVINO Toolkit for Windows before version 2018.1.265 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code using default directory permissions via local access.

Published 2018-09-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Openvino Toolkit
Intel Corporation Intel(r) Openvino(tm) Toolkit For Windows — versions v2018.1.265 and earlier.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00172.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12162?: CVE-2018-12162 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Openvino Toolkit, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-12162?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.