CVE-2019-11106 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) CSME
A privileged local user can escalate privileges due to insufficient session 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-2019-11106?
CVE-2019-11106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) CSME, published on 18 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient session validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 12.0.45, 13.0.10 and 14.0.10; Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11106?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11106?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11106 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-11106 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11106 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) CSME
- 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-6xcr-9vmq-jqg7.