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CVE-2022-21140

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21140 describes an improper access control vulnerability in select Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer WiFi products. A privileged local user could exploit this to potentially disclose sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but does not involve user interaction and only impacts confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 22.120CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:wireless-ac_9560_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 22.120CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:dual_band_wireless-ac_3165_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 22.120CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:dual_band_wireless-ac_3168_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 22.120CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:wireless-ac_9462_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 22.120CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:wireless-ac_9461_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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-00621.html
PatchVendor Advisory