What is CVE-2018-3700?

CVE-2018-3700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Usb 3.0 Extensible Host Controller Driver, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-3700?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

RCE in Intel Usb 3.0 Extensible Host Controller Driver

CVE-2018-3700

Code injection vulnerability in the installer for Intel(R) 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.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Intel Usb_3.0_extensible_host_controller_driver
Microsoft Windows_7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

secure@intel.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3700?: CVE-2018-3700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Usb 3.0 Extensible Host Controller Driver, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-3700?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.