Insufficient access control in protected memory subsystem for SMM for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processor families;
Insufficient access control in protected memory subsystem for SMM for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processor families; Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E3-1500 v5 and v6 families; Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2100 and E-2200 Processor families with Intel(R) Processor Graphics may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Published
- Nov 14, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 26th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| intel | core i7-6970hq firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i7-6970hq_firmware |
| intel | core i7-6970hq | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-6970hq |
| intel | core i7-6920hq firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i7-6920hq_firmware |
| intel | core i7-6920hq | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-6920hq |
| intel | core i7-6870hq firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i7-6870hq_firmware |
| intel | core i7-6870hq | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-6870hq |
| intel | core i7-6822eq firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i7-6822eq_firmware |
| intel | core i7-6822eq | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-6822eq |
| intel | core i7-6820hq firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i7-6820hq_firmware |
| intel | core i7-6820hq | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-6820hq |
| intel | core i7-6820hk firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:core_i7-6820hk_firmware |
| intel | core i7-6820hk | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7-6820hk |
and 188 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- intel core i5-7200u firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7260u firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7267u firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7287u firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7300hq firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7300u firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7360u firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7400 firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7400t firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7440eq firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7440hq firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7442eq firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7500 firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7500t firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7600 firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7600k firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7600t firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7y54 firmwareall versions
- intel core i5-7y57 firmwareall versions
- intel core i7-6500u firmwareall versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (intel). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) Processor Graphics SMM
- See provided referenceaffected
Same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K51535953?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00254.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.