CVE-2021-0060

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Insufficient compartmentalization in HECI subsystem for the Intel(R) SPS before versions SPS_E5_04.01.04.516.0, SPS_E5_04.04.04.033.0, SPS_E5_04.04.03.281.0, SPS_E5_03.01.03.116.0, SPS_E3_05.01.04.309.0, SPS_02.04.00.101.0, SPS_SoC-A_05.00.03.114.0, SPS_SoC-X_04.00.04.326.0, SPS_SoC-X_03.00.03.117.0, IGN_E5_91.00.00.167.0, SPS_PHI_03.01.03.078.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Affected products

Intel 11Th Generation Core Series Firmware: before csme_15.0.35 — fixed in csme_15.0.35
Intel Atom C3000 Series Firmware: before sps_soc-a_04.00.04.501.0 — fixed in sps_soc-a_04.00.04.501.0
Intel Atom C610 Series Firmware: before sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0 — fixed in sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0
Intel Atom P5000 Series Firmware: before sps_soc-a_05.00.03.114.0 — fixed in sps_soc-a_05.00.03.114.0
Intel C240 Series Firmware: before sps_e3_05.01.04.309.0 — fixed in sps_e3_05.01.04.309.0
Intel C620 Series Firmware: before sps_e5_04.01.04.516.0 — fixed in sps_e5_04.01.04.516.0
Intel C620A Series Firmware: before sps_e5_04.04.03.281.0 — fixed in sps_e5_04.04.03.281.0
Intel Celeron 6000 Series Firmware: before csme_15.0.35 — fixed in csme_15.0.35
Intel Pentium Gold Series Firmware: before csme_15.0.35 — fixed in csme_15.0.35
Intel Xeon D-1500 Series Firmware: before sps_soc-x_03.00.03.117.0 — fixed in sps_soc-x_03.00.03.117.0
Intel Xeon D 2000 Series Firmware: before sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0 — fixed in sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0
Intel Xeon W-1300 Series Firmware: before csme_15.0.35 — fixed in csme_15.0.35
NetApp Cloud Backup: all versions
NetApp Hci Compute Node Bios: all versions
NetApp Hci Storage Node Bios: all versions
NetApp Solidfire Bios: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel 11Th Generation Core Series Firmware csme_15.0.35; Intel Atom C3000 Series Firmware sps_soc-a_04.00.04.501.0; Intel Atom C610 Series Firmware sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0; Intel Atom P5000 Series Firmware sps_soc-a_05.00.03.114.0; Intel C240 Series Firmware sps_e3_05.01.04.309.0; Intel C620 Series Firmware sps_e5_04.01.04.516.0; Intel C620A Series Firmware sps_e5_04.04.03.281.0; Intel Celeron 6000 Series Firmware csme_15.0.35; Intel Pentium Gold Series Firmware csme_15.0.35; Intel Xeon D-1500 Series Firmware sps_soc-x_03.00.03.117.0; Intel Xeon D 2000 Series Firmware sps_phi_03.01.03.078.0; Intel Xeon W-1300 Series Firmware csme_15.0.35. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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