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Intel® NUC BIOS Security Updates
| Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-00084 |
|---|---|
| Product family: | Intel® NUC Kits |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Elevation of Privilege |
| Severity rating: | Important |
| Original release: | Oct 06, 2017 |
| Last revised: | Oct 10, 2017 |
Summary:
This update mitigates multiple vulnerabilities related to security features in certain Intel® NUC system firmware (BIOS).
Description:
BIOS Administrator and User password bypass: Insufficient protection of password storage in system firmware for NUC7i3BNK, NUC7i3BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i5BNH, NUC7i7BNH versions BN0049 and below allows local attacker to bypass Administrator and User passwords via access to password storage.
- CVE-2017-5700 – 7.1 (High): CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
SPI Write Protection Bypass: Insecure platform configuration in system firmare for NUC7i3BNK, NUC7i3BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i5BNH, NUC7i7BNH versions BN0049 and below allows an attacker with physical presence to run arbitrary code via unauthorized firmware modification during BIOS Recovery.
- CVE-2017-5701 – 7.1 (High): CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SMM Privilege Elevation: Insufficient input validation in system firmware for NUC7i3BNK, NUC7i3BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i5BNH, NUC7i7BNH versions BN0049 allows local attacker to execute arbitrary code via manipulation of memory.
- CVE-2017-5721 - 7.5 (High): CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Boot Guard Bypass: Incorrect policy enforcement in system firmware for NUC7i3BNK, NUC7i3BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i5BNH, NUC7i7BNH versions BN0049 allows attacker with local or physical access to bypass enforcement of integrity protections via manipulation of firmware storage.
- CVE-2017-5722 - 7.5 (High): CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products:
The following Intel NUC and Compute Stick products have BIOS updates to mitigate these issues:
Recommendations:
Intel highly recommends that users update to the latest version (see table above).
Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank Nikolaj Schlej for reporting CVE-2017-5700 and CVE-2017-5701 and working with us on coordinated disclosure.
Intel would like to thank Ruslan Zakirov and Alex Ermolov of Emb
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