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posted by martyb on Tuesday July 31 2018, @10:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-do-you-turn-it-off? dept.

Not that anyone is surprised or even cares but two more severe bugs have been found in the Intel Management Engine firmware. They allow remote execution with full privileges:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3627
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3628

An article about these vulnerabilities on Tech Republic provides summaries and lists the affected processors.


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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:25PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:25PM (#715262)

    And the supremely goodest thing is remote management which does not disturb the computer's user by leaving tracks or requiring permissions.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:45PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:45PM (#715273) Journal

    Even much more better is if the remote management can be done when the user has "turned off" the computer.

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