CVE-2018-3643 is a high-severity vulnerability within the Power Management Controller firmware of specific Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Server Platform Services (SPS) firmware versions. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this locally to uncover platform secrets or potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 8.2 (High), this vulnerability requires high privileges but has a low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.00.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:server_platform_services_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.