CVE-2018-12200
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedInsufficient access control in Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service before version 1.50.638.1 may allow an unprivileged user to potentially escalate privileges via local access.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIntel Capability Licensing Service before version 1.50.638.1 contains an insufficient access control vulnerability that allows unprivileged local users to escalate privileges, likely due to improper permission checks on certain service functions or interfaces.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 1.50.638.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Intel Capability Licensing Service is presentRun 'sc query ICLS' in Command Prompt or 'Get-Service -Name ICLS' in PowerShell to check if the service exists on the systemAffected if The service is installed and running on the system
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Locate the service executableRun 'sc qc ICLS' to retrieve the binary path, or check the ImagePath value in the registry at HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ICLSAffected if The executable path is returned and points to an Intel file
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Retrieve the installed versionObtain the file version of the executable identified in the previous step using 'wmic datafile where "path='\\\\Path\\\\To\\\\' get version' or by right-clicking the file in File Explorer and selecting PropertiesAffected if The file version is lower than 1.50.638.1
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Confirm privilege escalation exposureVerify the service runs with elevated privileges (check the service startup type and account in sc qc output or Services console)Affected if The service runs with System or Administrator privileges and the version is below 1.50.638.1
A system is affected if Intel Capability Licensing Service is installed with a version lower than 1.50.638.1, allowing unprivileged local users to potentially escalate privileges through improper access controls.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data1.50.638.1
Update Intel Capability Licensing Service to version 1.50.638.1 or later to remediate the insufficient access control vulnerability.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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