CVE-2018-12171 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Intel Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware versions prior to 1.43.91f76955, affecting Intel products. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows unprivileged attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.43.91f76955CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:bmc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.