CVE-2019-0098 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Converged Security & Management Engine (CSME), Intel (R) Trusted Execution Engine Interface (TXE)

What is CVE-2019-0098?

CVE-2019-0098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Converged Security & Management Engine (CSME), Intel (R) Trusted Execution Engine Interface (TXE), published on 17 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Logic bug vulnerability in subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before version 12.0.35, Intel(R) TXE before 3.1.65, 4.0.15 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0098?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-0098?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-0098 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) Converged Security & Management Engine (CSME), Intel (R) Trusted Execution Engine Interface (TXE)

• 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-2018-3643 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware High 8.2
• CVE-2018-3627 Privilege escalation in Intel Converged Security Management Engine (Intel CSME) High 8.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-45pp-8rq9-g4wh.