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CVE-2018-3679: Intel Data Center Manager: Authentication bypass
CVE-2018-3679 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.6 and affects Intel Data Center Manager. Per its scoring, it can be exploited without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Escalation of privilege in Reference UI in Intel Data Center Manager SDK 5.0 and before may allow an unauthorized remote unauthenticated user to potentially execute code via administrator privileges.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v3.0 9.6: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Adjacent. The attacker must be on the same shared network segment.
- Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
- Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
- User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
- Scope: Changed. Impact reaches beyond the vulnerable component to other resources.
- Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
- Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
- Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.
Affected products
- Intel Data Center Manager: up to and including 5.0