# CVE-2019-11125: Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NUC Firmware

> A privileged local attacker can exploit insufficient input validation in Intel NUC firmware to escalate privileges, cause denial of service, or disclose information.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vjm4-f5rm-5f8x

## What is CVE-2019-11125?

CVE-2019-11125 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) NUC Firmware, 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 system firmware for Intel(R) NUC Kit may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure via local access.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11125?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Intel Compute Card Firmware, Intel Compute Stick Firmware, Intel Nuc Kit Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-11125?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11125 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-11125 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) NUC Firmware

- [CVE-2018-12176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12176/): Code injection in Intel(R) NUC Kits and Intel(R) Compute Cards (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2019-11140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11140/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NUC Advisory (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2019-11123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11123/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NUC Firmware (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2019-11124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11124/): Memory corruption in Intel(R) NUC Firmware (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2019-11126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11126/): Memory corruption in Intel(R) NUC Firmware (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-11125 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-11125 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) NUC Firmware, published on 13 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) NUC Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11125/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11125/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11125
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11125
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11125

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