Active Management Technology Firmware
CVE-2020-8674
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Out-of-bounds read in DHCPv6 subsystem in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R)ISM versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77, 12.0.64 and 14.0.33 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate array indices and buffer lengths. Use memory-safe languages. Enable AddressSanitizer during testing.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125), which allows attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries. Out-of-bounds read in DHCPv6 subsystem in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R)ISM versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77, 12.0.64 and 14.0.33 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access. Affected products include: Intel Active Management Technology Firmware, Intel Service Manager. Version information: before 11.8.77.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Out-of-bounds read in DHCPv6 subsystem in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R)ISM versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77, 12.0.64 and 14.0.33 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Mana
Improper authentication in firmware for Intel(R) AMT before versions 11.8.93, 11.22.93, 11.12.93, 12.0.92, 14.1.67, 15.0
Insufficiently protected credentials for Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) Standard Manageability may allow an unauthenticated u
Out-of-bounds write in IPv6 subsystem for Intel(R) AMT, Intel(R) ISM versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.7
Improper buffer restrictions in network subsystem in provisioned Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) ISM versions before 11.8.79,
Use after free in IPv6 subsystem in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) ISM versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77 and 12.0.6
Out-of-bounds read in IPv6 subsystem in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) ISM versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77 and 12
Logic issue in subsystem in Intel(R) AMT before versions 11.8.70, 11.11.70, 11.22.70 and 12.0.45 may allow an unauthenti
Insufficient input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) AMT before version 12.0.45 may allow an unauthenticated user
Out-of-bounds read in subsystem for Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70 and 14.0.45 may al
Improper authentication in firmware for Intel(R) AMT before versions 11.8.93, 11.22.93, 11.12.93, 12.0.92, 14.1.67, 15.0
Out-of-bounds read in subsystem for Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70 and 14.0.45 may al
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