CVE-2016-8101 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the updater subsystem of Intel SSD Toolbox versions prior to 3.3.7. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:solid-state_drive_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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 records are not available for this CVE.