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Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVE-2018-12163

Medium
4.8/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • LOW
  • LOW

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published