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high 7.6

CVE-2018-12173 json

Insufficient access protection in firmware in Intel Server Board, Intel Server System and Intel Compute Module before firmware version 00.0…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-4151

cvss
7.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insufficient access protection in firmware in Intel Server Board, Intel Server System and Intel Compute Module before firmware version 00.01.0014 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code resulting in information disclosure, escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via local access.

Patch / fix

  • intel server_board_s2600bp_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_board_s2600wf_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_board_s2600st_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_board_s2600bpr_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_board_s2600wfr_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_board_s2600str_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel compute_module_hns2600bp_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel compute_module_hns2600bpr_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_system_r2000wf_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_system_r1000wf_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_system_r1000wfr_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_system_r2000wfr_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_system_h2000g_firmware 00.01.0014
  • intel server_system_h2000gr_firmware 00.01.0014

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Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Intel Corporation Intel Server Boards Firmware

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.