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Intel® Branded NUC’s Vulnerable to SMM exploit
Intel ID |
INTEL-SA-00068 |
|---|---|
Product family |
Intel® NUC Kits |
Elevation of Privilege |
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Important |
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Original release |
May 02, 2017 |
Last revised |
May 02, 2017 |
Summary:
Intel is releasing updated BIOS firmware for a privilege escalation issue. This issue affects Intel® NUC Kits listed in the Model Number section below. The issue identified is a method that enables malicious code to gain access to System Management Mode (SMM).
Description:
A malicious attacker with local administrative access can leverage vulnerable BIOS to execute arbitrary code outside of SMRAM while system is running in System management mode (SMM), potentially compromising the platform. Intel products that are listed below should apply the update.
Affected products:
Model Number |
Recommend BIOS Version |
|---|---|
STK2M3W64CC |
CCV0046 |
STK2MV64CC |
CC0047 |
NUC6i7KYK |
KY0044 |
NUC6i5SYH/K NUC6i3SYH/K |
SY0057 |
STK1AW32SC |
SC0032 |
STCK1A8LFC |
FC0035 |
NUC5CPYH NUC5PGYH |
PY0062 |
NUC5i5RYH/K NUC5i3RYH/K |
RY0362 |
NUC5i5MYHE |
MYi50034 |
NUC5i3MYHE NUC5i3MYBE |
MYi30041 |
DE3815TYKHE DE3815TYBE |
TY0056 |
DN2820FYKH |
FY0057 |
D34010WYKH D54250WYKH |
WY0045 |
D33217GK |
GK0062 |
D53427RKE |
RK0046 |
Recommendations:
Intel highly recommends updating the BIOS of all Intel® NUC’s to the recommended BIOS or later listed in the table of affected products.
Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank Security Researcher Dmytro Oleksiuk for discovering and reporting this issue.
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