CVE-2022-36384

Privilege escalation via unquoted installer search path

Published Nov 11, 2022 · Updated Feb 4, 2025

Unquoted search path in Intel NUC Kit Wireless Adapter Driver Installer for Windows 10 before 22.40 allows local users to escalate privileges. The installer launches an executable through an unquoted path, so Windows can select attacker-controlled code earlier in path parsing; Intel does not name the command. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, and the intercepted code executes with the installer's elevated privileges.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Unquoted search path in Intel NUC Kit Wireless Adapter Driver Installer for Windows 10 before 22.40 allows local users to escalate privileges. The installer launches an executable through an unquoted path, so Windows can select attacker-controlled code earlier in path parsing; Intel does not name the command. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, and the intercepted code executes with the installer's elevated privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-36384
Published
Nov 11, 2022
Updated
Feb 4, 2025
Vendor
Intel Corporation
Product
Intel NUC Kit Wireless Adapter Driver Installer for Windows 10
Classifications
CWE-428, T1574.009
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=before version 22.40

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Intel Corporation · Intel NUC Kit Wireless Adapter Driver Installer for Windows 10version=before version 22.40

Published CVSS scores

6.7Intel CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or Element
T1574.009Path Interception by Unquoted Path

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