Intel® Active Management Technology Escalation of Privilege Advisory for Intel® Desktop Boards

In response to the recent Intel Security Advisory regarding an escalation of privilege vulnerability in Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT), we have a validated firmware fix available on the Intel Download Center.

See the Intel SA 00075 Security Advisory.

The table lists the impacted Intel Desktop Boards. If your Intel Desktop Board isn't on this list, it's not affected by this security issue.

There are two options available for updating the Intel® Management Engine (Intel® ME) firmware:

• System BIOS Update: with this option, the new Intel® ME firmware is installed during a standard system BIOS update.
• Firmware Update Utility: with this option, the new Intel ME firmware is installed using a command line utility.