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CVE-2021-0166

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-0166 describes a sensitive information exposure vulnerability in firmware for certain Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer Wi-Fi products. A privileged local user could exploit this flaw to potentially achieve escalation of privilege. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), the attack requires local access and high privileges, but if successful, it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.8.90CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:amt_ac_8260_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 11.8.90CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:amt_ac_8265_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.85CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:amt_ac_9260_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.85CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:amt_ac_9560_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.85CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:amt_wi-fi_6_ax200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00539.html
Vendor Advisory