| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.5 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Intel CPU. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in unusual condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-11157. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Intel CPU (Chip Software) (version unknown). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unusual condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-754. The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Improper conditions check in voltage settings for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure via local access.
The weakness was released 12/16/2019 as INTEL-SA-00289 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-11157 since 04/11/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a 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 12/17/2019).
The advisory contains the following remark:
Intel recommends that users of the above Intel® Processors update to the latest BIOS version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues An SGX TCB key recovery is planned for later in Q1 2020, this document will be updated with technical details in due course.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.intel.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Vendor Base Score (Intel): 7.9
Vendor Vector (Intel): 🔍
NVD Base Score: 6.7
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Unusual conditionCWE: CWE-754
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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EPSS Percentile: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
04/11/2019 🔍12/16/2019 🔍
12/17/2019 🔍
12/17/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: intel.comAdvisory: INTEL-SA-00289
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2019-11157 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-11157
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-147231
Misc.: 🔍
Entry
Created: 12/17/2019 07:48Updated: 12/17/2019 07:53
Changes: 12/17/2019 07:48 (49), 12/17/2019 07:53 (18)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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