CVE-2019-0126 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
Privileged local users can escalate privileges or cause denial of service in Intel Xeon processor firmware due to insufficient access control.
- 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-2019-0126?
CVE-2019-0126 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), 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
Insufficient access control in silicon reference firmware for Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processor, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor D Family may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0126?
It affects 48 products.
Products include Intel Xeon Bronze Processors Firmware, Intel Xeon D-1513n Firmware, Intel Xeon D-1518 Firmware, Intel Xeon D-1520 Firmware, Intel Xeon D-1521 Firmware, Intel Xeon D-1523n Firmware and 42 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-0126?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0126 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-0126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h2jx-mv2v-25c2.