CVE-2018-3643 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware

What is CVE-2018-3643?

CVE-2018-3643 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware, published on 12 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in Power Management Controller firmware in systems using specific Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) before version 11.8.55, 11.11.55, 11.21.55, 12.0.6 or Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware before version 4.x.04 may allow an attacker with administrative privileges to uncover certain platform secrets via local access or to potentially execute arbitrary code.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3643?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Intel Server Platform Services Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3643?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3643 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-3643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware

• CVE-2019-0153 Memory corruption in Intel(R) Converged Security & Management Engine (CSME) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-0169 Memory corruption in Intel(R) TXE High 8.8
• CVE-2022-36392 Denial of service in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) Standard Manageability in Intel (R) CSME High 8.6
• CVE-2018-3627 Privilege escalation in Intel Converged Security Management Engine (Intel CSME) High 8.2
• CVE-2020-0542 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) CSME High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vh4v-fp85-ffwc.