CVE-2019-0159 describes an insufficient memory protection vulnerability in Intel Administrative Tools for Intel Network Adapters prior to version 24.3, potentially allowing an authenticated local user to escalate privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a low-complexity attack vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L) that could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 24.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:administrative_tools_for_intel_network_adapters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.