CVE-2018-3649
DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel...
DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel's wireless drivers and related software in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products allows a local attacker to cause escalation of privilege via remote code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel's wireless drivers and related software in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products allows a local attacker to cause escalation of privilege via remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2018-3649- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel's wireless drivers and related software in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products allows a local attacker to cause escalation of privilege via remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2018-3649- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15503 No score
DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel's wireless drivers and related software in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products allows a local attacker to cause escalation of privilege via remote code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2018-15503- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4rfh-j7cc-fch4
DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel...
DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel's wireless drivers and related software in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products allows a local attacker to cause escalation of privilege via remote code execution.
- Record
GHSA-4rfh-j7cc-fch4- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- intel corporation dual band wireless-ac, tri-band wireless-ac and wireless-ac family of products
- intel dual band wireless-ac 3160
- intel dual band wireless-ac 3165
- intel dual band wireless-ac 3168
- intel dual band wireless-ac 7260
- intel dual band wireless-ac 7265
- intel dual band wireless-ac 8260
- intel dual band wireless-ac 8265
- intel dual band wireless-n 7260
- intel dual band wireless-n 7265
- intel tri-band wireless-ac 17265
- intel tri-band wireless-ac 18260
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-3649 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-ac, Tri-band Wireless-ac And Wireless-ac Family Of Products, published May 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.