CVE-2019-11147 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) CSME

What is CVE-2019-11147?

CVE-2019-11147 is a high-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 access control in hardware abstraction driver for MEInfo software for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 11.11.70, 11.22.70, 12.0.45, 13.0.0, 14.0.10; TXEInfo software for Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20; INTEL-SA-00086 Detection Tool version 1.2.7.0 or before; INTEL-SA-00125 Detection Tool version 1.0.45.0 or before may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11147?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Intel Intel-Sa-00125 Detection Tool, Intel Sa-00086 Detection Tool, Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11147?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11147 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-11147 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11147 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) 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
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Also known as GHSA-r525-qf5f-c3jm.