Improper privilege management in Intel Rapid Store Technology
Priority LOW 34CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Insufficient input validation in installer in Intel Rapid Store Technology (RST) before version 16.7 may allow an unprivileged user to potentially elevate privileges or cause an installer denial of service via local access.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00383 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Intel Rapid Store Technology (Intel Corporation): 16.7
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Intel Rapid Store Technology (Intel Corporation) Fixed in 16.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-3635
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-54h3-2qjf-7vmr
References
Advisory 2
More Intel Rapid Storage Technology vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-20385 Incorrect permission assignment in Intel Rapid Storage Technology software CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-21248 Uncontrolled search path in Intel RST software CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-00058 Uncontrolled search path in Intel Rapid Storage Technology software, CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-10853 Incorrect default permissions in Intel RST CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-08700 Incorrect permission assignment in Intel NVMe and Intel RSTe CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-3635 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-3635 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-54h3-2qjf-7vmr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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