Intel® NUC Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in system firmware for Intel NUC may allow escalation of privilege, denial of service, and/or information disclosure.** **Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-0163

Description: Insufficient input validation in system firmware for Intel® Broadwell U i5 vPro before version MYBDWi5v.86A may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service, and/or information disclosure via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® Broadwell U i5 vPro before version MYBDWi5v.86A.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of Intel® Broadwell U i5 vPro update to firmware version MYBDWi5v.86A or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: MYBDWi5v.86A

Acknowledgements:

This issue was found internally by Intel.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.