CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-8934

The Promontory chipset, as used in AMD Ryzen and Ryzen Pro platforms, has a backdoor in firmware, aka CHIMERA-FW.

9.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

9 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research Vendor Advisory
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/ Third Party Advisory
https://amdflaws.com/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2018-03-22 02:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-8934

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8934

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo