CVE-2018-3687 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Intel Quartus II Programmer and Tools versions 11.0 through 15.0, caused by unquoted service paths. This flaw allows a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk for confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0, <= 15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_ii_programmer_and_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.