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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-12202): intel-microcode vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Mar 14, 2019

Added

Nov 19, 2024

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Platform Sample/ Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor may allow privileged user to potentially leverage existing features via local access.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-intel-microcode

References

CVE-2018-12202
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-12202
EUVD-EUVD-2018-4180
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-4180
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12202
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.html

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