VDB-121195 · CVE-2018-3629 · Qualys 38729

Intel Manageability Engine up to 11.x Active Management Technology memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Intel Manageability Engine up to 11.x. This affects an unknown function of the component Active Management Technology. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-3629. The attack requires access to the local network. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Intel Manageability Engine up to 11.x. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Active Management Technology. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in event handler in Intel Active Management Technology in Intel Converged Security Manageability Engine Firmware 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via the same subnet.

The bug was discovered 07/10/2018. The weakness was published 07/10/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-3629 since 12/28/2017. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/06/2023).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38729 (Intel Active Management Technology Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-121194 and VDB-121196. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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12/28/2017 🔍
07/10/2018 +193 days 🔍
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07/11/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/06/2023 +1730 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-3629 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-3629
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121195
SecurityTracker: 1041362

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2018 11:16
Updated: 04/06/2023 11:28
Changes: 07/11/2018 11:16 (61), 03/02/2020 10:51 (2), 04/06/2023 11:28 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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