Improper authentication in subsystem for Intel(R) AMT before versions 11.8.93, 11.22.93, 11.12.93, 12.0.92, 14.1.67, 15.0.42, 16.1.25 may a…

published 2022-11-11 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-19874

cvss: 7.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper authentication in subsystem for Intel(R) AMT before versions 11.8.93, 11.22.93, 11.12.93, 12.0.92, 14.1.67, 15.0.42, 16.1.25 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

intel active_management_technology_firmware 11.8.93, 11.12.93, 11.22.93, 12.0.92, 14.1.67, 15.0.42, 16.1.25

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-29)

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) AMT

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00610.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-33159
NVD CVE-2021-33159

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Summary