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CVE-2018-3697

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3697 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Intel Media Server Studio installer due to improper directory permissions. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, allowing for high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2015CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:intel:media_server_studio:2015:r6:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:intel:media_server_studio:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:intel:media_server_studio:2016:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
2017CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:intel:media_server_studio:2017:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
2017CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:intel:media_server_studio:2017:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00197.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106025
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry