What is CVE-2018-12163?

CVE-2018-12163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Iot Developers Kit, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-12163?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Iot Developers Kit

CVE-2018-12163

A DLL injection vulnerability in the Intel IoT Developers Kit 4.0 installer may allow an authenticated user to potentially escalate privileges using file modification via local access.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Iot Developers Kit — versions 4.0
Intel Corporation Iot Developers Kit — versions 4.0 and earlier.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00173.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12163?: CVE-2018-12163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Iot Developers Kit, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-12163?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.