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CVE-2022-37340
Uncontrolled search path in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows before version 1.6 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable…
Medium6.7EPSS 0.18%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- intel
Description
Uncontrolled search path in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows before version 1.6 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Timeline
ID reserved
By intel
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| intelCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.
Weakness
- escalation of privilege
- CWE-427 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-427 and its CVEs
Affected products
Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows
- affected before version 1.6
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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