CVE-2018-12150
Escalation of privilege in Installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code or disclose information as administrator via local access.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Escalation of privilege in Installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code or disclose information as administrator via local access.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- intel/extreme tuning utility
- Source
- secure@intel.com
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00162.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00162.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.