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CVE-2018-12147

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12147 is an insufficient input validation vulnerability within the HECI subsystem of Intel CSME, Server Platform Services, and Trusted Execution Engine Firmware. A privileged local user could exploit this to achieve escalation of privileges. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 6.7, exploitation requires local access and high privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0, <= 11.8.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.10, <= 11.11.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.20, <= 11.21.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:server_platform_services_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.0, <= 3.1.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:intel:trusted_execution_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00125.html
Vendor Advisory
intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00125.html