2022.1 IPU - Intel® Boot Guard and Intel® TXT Advisory

Summary: A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Boot Guard and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology TXT for some Intel® processors may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmware updates and prescriptive guidance to mitigate this potential vulnerability. Vulnerability Details:...

High-Severity Intel Processor Bug Exposes Encryption Keys

A security vulnerability in Intel chips opens the door for encrypted file access and espionage, plus the ability to bypass copyright protection for digital content. That’s according to Positive Technologies PT, which found that the vulnerability CVE-2021-0146 is a debugging functionality with...

CVE-2021-3786

A potential vulnerability in the SMI callback function used in CSME configuration of some Lenovo Notebook and ThinkPad systems could be used to leak out data out of the SMRAM range...

Code injection

A potential vulnerability in the SMI callback function used in CSME configuration of some Lenovo Notebook and ThinkPad systems could be used to leak out data out of the SMRAM range...

CVE-2021-3786

CVE-2021-3786 concerns Lenovo notebook/ThinkPad systems with a vulnerable SMI callback in the CSME configuration. The issue is a potential flaw in the SMI callback function that could allow leaking data from the SMRAM range. Public records describe this as a data leakage risk affecting confidenti...

CVE-2021-3786

A potential vulnerability in the SMI callback function used in CSME configuration of some Lenovo Notebook and ThinkPad systems could be used to leak out data out of the SMRAM range...

CVE-2020-8703

Improper buffer restrictions in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

CVE-2020-24516

Modification of assumed-immutable data in subsystem in IntelR CSME versions before 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32, 15.0.22 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access...

CVE-2020-24516

Modification of assumed-immutable data in subsystem in IntelR CSME versions before 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32, 15.0.22 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access...

CVE-2020-24507

Improper initialization in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32, 13.50.11 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2020-24507

Improper initialization in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32, 13.50.11 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2020-24506

Out of bound read in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53 and 14.5.32 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

Input validation

Improper initialization in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32, 13.50.11 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

Buffer overflow

Improper buffer restrictions in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

Privilege escalation

Modification of assumed-immutable data in subsystem in IntelR CSME versions before 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32, 15.0.22 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access...

Information disclosure

Out of bound read in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53 and 14.5.32 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2020-24506

Out of bound read in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53 and 14.5.32 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2020-24506

CVE-2020-24506 is an Intel CSME subsystem vulnerability involving an out-of-bounds read that can lead to information disclosure when exploited locally. Intel advisories describe affected CSME versions as pre-12.0.81, pre-13.0.47, pre-13.30.17, pre-14.1.53, and pre-14.5.32, with escalation of priv...

CVE-2020-8703

Improper buffer restrictions in a subsystem in the IntelR CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

CVE-2020-8703

The CVE-2020-8703 issue is an Intel CSME subsystem vulnerability caused by improper buffer restrictions. Affected firmwares include Intel CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32 and 15.0.22, potentially allowing a privileged user to escalate ...