High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-12168

Description

Privilege escalation in file permissions in Intel Computing Improvement Program before version 2.2.0.03942 may allow an authenticated user to potentially execute code as administrator via local access.

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Affected products

Intel/Computing Improvement Programllm-fuzzy
Range: <2.2.0.03942
Intel Corporation/Intel(R) Computing Improvement Programv5
Range: Versions before 2.2.0.03942.

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00165.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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