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Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® Driver Unquoted Service Path
| Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-00059 |
|---|---|
| Product family: | Intel® Wireless Technologies |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Elevation of Privilege |
| Severity rating: | Important |
| Original release: | Dec 06, 2016 |
| Last revised: | Dec 06, 2016 |
Summary:
There is a security vulnerability in the Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® drivers 16.x/17.x and all 18.x versions prior to 18.1.1607.3129 (02/26/2016) known as an “Unquoted Service Path”. All drivers posted with version 18.1.1607.3129 and above due not contain the disclosed vulnerability.
Description:
The Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® drivers listed below contained a vulnerability known as an “Unquoted Service Path”. If an attacker obtains elevated privileges and is able to place a file in the truncated service path created by this vulnerability it is possible to execute unauthorized code as a privileged user each time the driver is loaded.
This exploit rates a CVSSv3 ranking of 7.3 High. CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products:
All Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® drivers starting with 16.x/17.x and all 18.x versions prior to 18.1.1607.3129(02/26/2016) on Windows* 7, 8.x, and 10 are impacted.
Recommendations:
Intel highly recommends updating to Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® driver 18.1.1607.3129 or newer. All Intel Wireless Bluetooth drivers posted on Intel.com are up to date and do not contain this vulnerability.
Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank Security Researcher Jose Carlos Exposito Bueno from Internet Security Auditors.
CVE Name: CVE-2016-8102
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