Intel System Management Mode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	30823
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2008-7096
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 25 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:24PM
Credit:	Rafal Wojtczuk and Joanna Rutkowska
Vulnerable:	Intel BIOS TW96510J.86A.1157 Intel BIOS PE94510M.0050.20.86A Intel BIOS JOQ3510J.86A.0942 Intel BIOS DPP3510J.86A.0484 Intel BIOS BTX3810J.86A.1814
Not Vulnerable:

Intel System Management Mode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Intel BIOS is prone to an unspecified privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue will allow programs running with administrative (ring 0) privileges to modify code running in System Management Mode.

Currently very few technical details are available. We will update this BID as more information emerges.

Intel System Management Mode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Intel System Management Mode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Intel has released fixes; please see the references for more information.

Intel System Management Mode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• INTEL-SA-00017 - Intel® Desktop and Intel® Mobile Boards Privilege Escalation (Intel)