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CVE-2022-40964
Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software may allow a privileged user to potentially…
High7.9EPSS 0.24%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- intel
Description
Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| intelCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.9.
Weakness
- escalation of privilege
- CWE-284: Improper access control (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-284 and its CVEs
Affected products
Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software
- affected See references
References (5)
- http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00766.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/K24OJT4AVMNND7LBTC2ZDDTE6DJHAKB4/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HUCYUR4WBTELCRHELISJ3RMZVHKIV5TN/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y76A3PLHIQCEPESB4XVBV5SRRXQEZ5JY/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00043.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
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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