Insecure inherited permissions in some Intel(R) Wireless Adapter Driver installation software for Intel(R) NUC Kits & Mini PCs before versi…

published 2022-11-11 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-39090

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insecure inherited permissions in some Intel(R) Wireless Adapter Driver installation software for Intel(R) NUC Kits & Mini PCs before version 22.190.0.3 for Windows may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

intel nuc_kit_wireless_adapter_driver_installer 22.40.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-29)

Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) Wireless Adapter Driver installation software for Intel(R) NUC Kits & Mini PCs

Classification

Weakness

CWE-277 Insecure Inherited Permissions
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00908.html

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-36377
NVD CVE-2022-36377

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Summary