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CVE-2018-3688

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Unquoted service paths in Intel Quartus Prime Programmer and Tools in versions 15.1 - 18.0 allow a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Intel — Quartus Prime Programmer AND Tools

CWEs

References

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:57:40.573",
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