CVE-2019-14598 Auth bypass in Intel(R) CSME

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A privileged local user can exploit improper authentication in Intel CSME to escalate privileges, cause denial of service, or disclose information.

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-2019-14598?

CVE-2019-14598 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage, published on 13 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Authentication in subsystem in Intel(R) CSME versions 12.0 through 12.0.48 (IOT only: 12.0.56), versions 13.0 through 13.0.20, versions 14.0 through 14.0.10 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service or information disclosure via local access.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14598?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2019-14598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hprw-m99v-ppgf.

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