CVE-2018-12147 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) CSME Assets Advisory
A privileged local attacker can escalate privileges due to insufficient input validation in Intel CSME firmware.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-12147?
CVE-2018-12147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) CSME Assets Advisory, published on 13 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient input validation in HECI subsystem in Intel(R) CSME before version 11.21.55, Intel® Server Platform Services before version 4.0 and Intel® Trusted Execution Engine Firmware before version 3.1.55 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privileges via local access.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12147?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Intel Server Platform Services Firmware, Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-12147?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12147 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-12147 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12147 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) CSME Assets Advisory
- CVE-2019-0153 Memory corruption in Intel(R) Converged Security & Management Engine (CSME)
- CVE-2019-0169 Memory corruption in Intel(R) TXE
- CVE-2022-36392 Denial of service in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) Standard Manageability in Intel (R) CSME
- CVE-2018-3643 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware
- CVE-2018-3627 Privilege escalation in Intel Converged Security Management Engine (Intel CSME)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4c2g-m3v7-xp4r.