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CVE-2018-3652

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3652 describes a vulnerability in specific Intel Xeon processors (5th and 6th Gen E3, Scalable, and D Family) where existing UEFI setting restrictions for Direct Connect Interface (DCI) can be bypassed. This allows an attacker with limited physical access to potentially access sensitive platform secrets through debug interfaces. The vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 7.6) due to its physical attack vector, low complexity, and 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 surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1505m_v6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e3:1505m_v6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1515m_v5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e3:1515m_v5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1535m_v5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e3:1535m_v5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1535m_v6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e3:1535m_v6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1545m_v5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e3:1545m_v5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 77 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180802-0001
Third Party Advisory
intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00127.html
MitigationVendor Advisory