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CVE-2021-0194: INTEL-SA-00549
Improper access control in the Intel® In-Band Manageability software before version 2.13.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access.
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Intel® In-Band Manageability Advisory
**Summary: **
Potential security vulnerabilities in the Intel® In-Band Manageability software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2021-0193
Description: Improper authentication in the Intel® In-Band Manageability software before version 2.13.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.2 HIGH
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-33108
Description: Improper input validation in the Intel® In-Band Manageability software before version 2.13.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.7 MEDIUM
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-0194
Description: Improper access control in the Intel® In-Band Manageability software before version 2.13.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
Intel® In-Band Manageability before version 2.13.0.
Recommendations:
Updates are available for download at this location: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/in-band-manageability/documentation.html
Acknowledgements:
These issues were 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.
Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
1.0
05/10/2022
Initial Release
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