PT-2016-37: Information Disclosure in Intel

Vulnerable products

The BIOS in Intel Compute Stick systems based on 6th Gen Intel Core processors
Versions: CC0047, CV0050 and earlier

Link:
<https://www.intel.com/&gt;

Severity level

Severity level: Medium
Impact: Information Disclosure
Access Vector: Physical

CVSS v3:
Base Score: 4.7
Vector: (AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVE: CVE-2017-5684

Vulnerability description

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an Information Disclosure vulnerability in Intel.

Vulnerability in BIOS in Intel Compute Stick systems based on 6th Gen Intel Core processors allows attackers with physical access to the system to obtain sensitive information.

How to fix

Update your BIOS to the latest version

Advisory status

01.10.2016 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
03.04.2017 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
25.12.2017 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerability was detected by Maxim Goryachy and Mark Ermolov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)

References

<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2016-37&gt;
https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00073&languageid=en-fr

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

http://www.ptsecurity.com/
<http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/&gt;

About Positive Technologies

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*Source: IDC Worldwide Security and Vulnerability Management 2013-2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares, doc #242465, August 2013. Based on year-over-year revenue growth in 2012 for vendors with revenues of $20M+