VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-3643

HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.48%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A vulnerability in Power Management Controller firmware in systems using specific Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) before version 11.8.55, 11.11.55, 11.21.55, 12.0.6 or Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware before version 4.x.04 may allow an attacker with administrative privileges to uncover certain platform secrets via local access or to potentially execute arbitrary code.

CVSS 3.0: 8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.48% probability · 41th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: intel/converged security management engine firmware · intel/server platform services firmware
Source: secure@intel.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180924-0002/Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03873en_usPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00131.htmlVendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180924-0002/Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03873en_usPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00131.htmlVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.