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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2018-12171 json

Privilege escalation in Intel Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware before version 1.43.91f76955 may allow an unprivileged user to…

published 2018-09-12 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-4149

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Privilege escalation in Intel Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware before version 1.43.91f76955 may allow an unprivileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code or perform denial of service over the network.

Patch / fix

  • intel bmc_firmware 1.43.91f76955

Exploit prediction

2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Intel Corporation Intel(R) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware

References

Sources

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