Intel FPGA N3000 PCIe privileges management

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Intel FPGA N3000. This affects an unknown part of the component PCIe Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-14626. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Intel FPGA N3000 (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component PCIe Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper access control in PCIe function for the Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000, all versions, may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The weakness was disclosed 03/12/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at intel.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-14626 since 08/03/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/13/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

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• Intel

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• FPGA N3000

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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