CVE-2018-13787
What it is
Certain Supermicro X11S, X10, X9, X8SI, K1SP, C9X299, C7, B1, A2, and A1 products have a misconfigured Descriptor Region, allowing OS programs to modify firmware.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.7 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Supermicro x11ssz Firmware
- Supermicro x11ssv Firmware
- Supermicro x11ssql Firmware
- Supermicro x11ssq Firmware
- Supermicro x11ssn Firmware
- Supermicro x11srm Firmware
- Supermicro x11sra Firmware
- Supermicro x11sba Firmware
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 6.7
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
- https://blog.eclypsium.com/2018/06/07/firmware-vulnerabilities-in-supermicro-systems/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firmware-vulnerabilities-disclosed-in-supermicro-server-products/
- https://www.supermicro.com/support/security_Intel-SA-00088.cfm?pg=X10#tab
- https://blog.eclypsium.com/2018/06/07/firmware-vulnerabilities-in-supermicro-systems/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firmware-vulnerabilities-disclosed-in-supermicro-server-products/
- https://www.supermicro.com/support/security_Intel-SA-00088.cfm?pg=X10#tab