Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-0560 - Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Intel BIOS System Management Mode
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the BIOS in Intel Desktop Board DB, DG, DH, DP, and DQ Series allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode (SSM) via unknown attack vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | 5 |
Nessus
| NASL family | Misc. |
| NASL id | INTEL_SA_00022.NASL |
| description | The version of the Intel BIOS on the remote host is affected by an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability. A local attacker with administrative (ring 0) privileges could exploit this to execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode (SMM). |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 44624 |
| published | 2010-02-16 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44624 |
| title | Intel Desktop Boards Privilege Escalation (INTEL-SA-00022) |