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CVE-2018-12147

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Insufficient input validation in HECI subsystem in Intel(R) CSME before version 11.21.55, Intel® Server Platform Services before version 4.0 and Intel® Trusted Execution Engine Firmware before version 3.1.55 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privileges via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Corporation Intel(R) CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine and Intel(R) Active Management Techn: from 11.0 through 11.8.50; from 11.10 through 11.11.50; from 11.20 through 11.21.51
• Intel Corporation Server Platform Services: before 4.0 — fixed in 4.0
• Intel Corporation Trusted Execution Engine: from 3.0 through 3.1.50

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Corporation Server Platform Services 4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00125.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00125.html?wapkw=2018-12147
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00125.html

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