CVE-2018-12173 describes an insufficient access protection vulnerability in firmware for Intel Server Boards, Server Systems, and Compute Modules prior to version 00.01.0014. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with local access to potentially execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.6, indicating significant potential for information disclosure, privilege escalation, and denial of service. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 00.01.0014CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:server_board_s2600bp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 00.01.0014CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:server_board_s2600wf_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 00.01.0014CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:server_board_s2600st_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 00.01.0014CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:server_board_s2600bpr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 00.01.0014CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:server_board_s2600wfr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.