Intel CSME/TXE Content Protection Subsystem access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Intel CSME and TXE. This affects an unknown part of the component Content Protection Subsystem. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-12189. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel CSME and TXE (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Content Protection Subsystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unhandled exception in Content Protection subsystem in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow privileged user to potentially modify data via local access.

The bug was discovered 03/12/2019. The weakness was presented 03/14/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at intel.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-12189 since 06/11/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-131736, VDB-131735, VDB-131737 and VDB-131739 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/11/2018 🔍
03/12/2019 +274 days 🔍
03/14/2019 +2 days 🔍
03/15/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/16/2020 +428 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-12189 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12189
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-131738
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2019 07:01
Updated: 05/16/2020 16:57
Changes: 03/15/2019 07:01 (57), 05/16/2020 16:57 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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