CVE-2011-5174

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-5174
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-15 17:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) SINIT Authenticated Code Modules (ACM) in Intel Q67 Express, C202, C204, C206 Chipsets, and Mobile Intel QM67, and QS67 Chipset before 2nd_gen_i5_i7_SINIT_51.BIN Express; Intel Q57, 3450 Chipsets and Mobile Intel QM57 and QS57 Express Chipset before i5_i7_DUAL_SINIT_51.BIN and i7_QUAD_SINIT_51.BIN; Mobile Intel GM45, GS45, and PM45 Express Chipset before GM45_GS45_PM45_SINIT_51.BIN; Intel Q35 Express Chipsets before Q35_SINIT_51.BIN; and Intel 5520, 5500, X58, and 7500 Chipsets before SINIT ACM 1.1 allows local users to bypass the Trusted Execution Technology protection mechanism and perform other unspecified SINIT ACM functions via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Intel 3450 Chipset - All All All
Hardware Intel C202 Chipset - All All All
Hardware Intel C204 Chipset - All All All
Hardware Intel C206 Chipset - All All All
Hardware Intel Mobile Intel Qm57 Chipset - All All All
Hardware Intel Mobile Intel Qm67 Chipset - All All All
Hardware Intel Mobile Intel Qs57 Express Chipset - All All All
Hardware Intel Mobile Intel Qs67 Chipset _express- All All All
Hardware Intel Q57 Chipset - All All All
Hardware Intel Q67 Express Chipset - All All All
Operating System Intel Sinit Authenticated Code Module All All All All
Operating System Intel Sinit Authenticated Code Module All All All All
Operating System Intel Sinit Authenticated Code Module All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA47096 - Intel Trusted Execution Technology SINIT ACMs Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Intel® Product Security Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-center.intel.com
osvdb.org/77554 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
The Invisible Things Lab's blog: Exploring new lands on Intel CPUs (SINIT code execution hijacking) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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