CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2018-3652 — Intel Xeon E3 security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.6

Existing UEFI setting restrictions for DCI (Direct Connect Interface) in 5th and 6th generation Intel Xeon Processor E3 Family, Intel Xeon Scalable processors, and Intel Xeon Processor D Family allows a limited physical presence attacker to potentially access platform secrets via debug interfaces.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.6 (3.1)
Published
2018-07-10
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
hardware/firmware
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Affected products

  • intel / xeon_e3 / 1505m_v6
  • intel / xeon_e3 / 1515m_v5
  • intel / xeon_e3 / 1535m_v5
  • intel / xeon_e3 / 1535m_v6
  • intel / xeon_e3 / 1545m_v5
  • intel / xeon_e3 / 1558l_v5

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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