Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC Wireless Driver Autorun.exe injection

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file Autorun.exe of the component Wireless Driver. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-3649. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the file Autorun.exe of the component Wireless Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

DLL injection vulnerability in the installation executables (Autorun.exe and Setup.exe) for Intel's wireless drivers and related software in Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC, Tri-Band Wireless-AC and Wireless-AC family of products allows a local attacker to cause escalation of privilege via remote code execution.

The bug was discovered 05/02/2018. The weakness was disclosed 05/10/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-3649 since 12/28/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/04/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Intel

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• Dual Band Wireless-AC
• Tri-Band Wireless-AC
• Wireless-AC

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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