Intel CSME/TXE up to 3.1.79/11.8.79 Control Flow Management information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Intel CSME and TXE up to 3.1.79/11.8.79. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Control Flow Management. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-8751. The attack may be carried out on the physical device. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Intel CSME and TXE up to 3.1.79/11.8.79. This affects an unknown code of the component Control Flow Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 11/12/2020 as intel-sa-00391. It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-8751. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.1.80 or 11.8.80 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Intel

Name

• CSME
• TXE

Version

• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5
• 3.1.6
• 3.1.7
• 3.1.8
• 3.1.9
• 3.1.10
• 3.1.11
• 3.1.12
• 3.1.13
• 3.1.14
• 3.1.15
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• 3.1.18
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• 3.1.26
• 3.1.27
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• 3.1.30
• 3.1.31
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• 3.1.33
• 3.1.34
• 3.1.35
• 3.1.36
• 3.1.37
• 3.1.38
• 3.1.39
• 3.1.40
• 3.1.41
• 3.1.42
• 3.1.43
• 3.1.44
• 3.1.45
• 3.1.46
• 3.1.47
• 3.1.48
• 3.1.49
• 3.1.50
• 3.1.51
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• 3.1.53
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• 3.1.55
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• 3.1.66
• 3.1.67
• 3.1.68
• 3.1.69
• 3.1.70
• 3.1.71
• 3.1.72
• 3.1.73
• 3.1.74
• 3.1.75
• 3.1.76
• 3.1.77
• 3.1.78
• 3.1.79
• 11.8.0
• 11.8.1
• 11.8.2
• 11.8.3
• 11.8.4
• 11.8.5
• 11.8.6
• 11.8.7
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• 11.8.72
• 11.8.73
• 11.8.74
• 11.8.75
• 11.8.76
• 11.8.77
• 11.8.78
• 11.8.79

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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