Medium severity · published Mar 14, 2019
CVE-2018-12204
Improper memory initialization in Platform Sample/Silicon Reference firmware Intel(R) Server Board, Intel(R) Server System and Intel(R) Compute Module may allow privileged user to…
6.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper memory initialization in Platform Sample/Silicon Reference firmware Intel(R) Server Board, Intel(R) Server System and Intel(R) Compute Module may allow privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IP
Intel Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware · Intel Corporation
Multiple versions. · source: vendor
PS
Platform Sample Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SR
Silicon Reference Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
Affected product
IP
Intel Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware
Intel Corporation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12204
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12204
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190318-0002/
support.hpe.com
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
support.hpe.com
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03929en_us
support.hpe.com
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03978en_us
Vendor Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.html
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