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2025.3 IPU, Intel® Chipset Firmware Advisory
| Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-01280 |
|---|---|
| Advisory Category: | Firmware |
| Impact of vulnerability: | Escalation of Privilege, Information Disclosure |
| Severity rating: | HIGH |
| Original release: | 08/12/2025 |
| Last revised: | 08/12/2025 |
Summary:
Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® Converged Security and Manageability Engine (CSME), Intel® Server Platform Services (Intel® SPS), Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT), and Intel® Standard Manageability may allow information disclosure or escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2025-20037
Description: Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in firmware for some Intel® Converged Security and Management Engine may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 7.2 High
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 6.8 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
CVEID: CVE-2025-20067
Description: Observable timing discrepancy in firmware for some Intel® CSME and Intel® SPS may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 6.0 Medium
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 6.8 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
CVEID: CVE-2025-22392
Description: Out-of-bounds read in firmware for some Intel® AMT and Intel® Standard Manageability may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
CVSS Base Score 3.1: 4.4 Medium
CVSS Vector 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Base Score 4.0: 5.9 Medium
CVSS Vector 4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products:
Chipset/SOC
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Versions Before
|
CVE ID
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Intel® C420 Chipset
|
11.12.98
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Intel® C620 series Chipset
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11.22.98
|
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Intel® 100 Series Chipset
|
11.8.98
|
|
Intel® 300 Series Chipset
|
12.0.97
|
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10th Gen Intel® Core™ processor
|
13.0.72
|
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Pentium® Silver processor series
|
13.50.32
|
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Intel® 400 Series Chipset
|
14.1.77
|
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Intel® 400 series chipset
|
14.5.57
|
|
Intel® 500 Series Chipset
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15.0.52
|
|
Intel® C740 series chipset
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15.20.23
|
|
Intel Atom® x6000E series
|
15.40.37
|
|
Intel® 600 Series Chipset
|
16.1.38
|
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5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Processor
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16.11.23
|
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Intel® 600 series chipset
|
16.50.20
|
|
Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 1)
|
18.1.18
|
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Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2)
|
19.0.5
|
|
Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2)
|
20.0.5
|
|
Intel Atom® processor X E3900 series
|
3.1.98
|
|
Intel® Pentium® processor J5000/N5000 series |
4.0.57 |
Affected products for SPS firmware:
Chipset/SOC
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Versions Before
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CVE ID
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Intel® C620A series chipset
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SPS_E5_04.04.04.801.0
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Intel® C240 series chipset
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SPS_E3_05.01.05.101.0
|
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Intel Atom® processor P5000 series |
SPS_SoC-A_05.00.03.411.0 |
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Recommendation:
Intel recommends that users of Intel® Converged Security and Manageability Engine (CSME), Intel® Server Platform Services (Intel® SPS), Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT), or Intel® Standard Manageability update to the latest version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.
Acknowledgements:
These issues were found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank Shai Sarfaty, Yanai Moyal, Yair Gopher, and Irad Ben-Yoseph.
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