CVE-2018-12202 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Platform Sample/Silicon Reference firmware for 7th and 8th Generation Intel Core Processors. A privileged local user could exploit this to leverage existing features, potentially gaining full control over the system. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), it requires local access and high privileges, but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention found.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:platform_sample_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:silicon_reference_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.