"Intel Alert: Critical Security Flaw Affects Many Chipsets"

Chipmaker Intel has released an alert for a critical security flaw within several of its non-consumer chipsets in which attackers could exploit through the operation of Intel’s own remote-management tools. This raises serious security concerns as this vulnerability could be used as a doorway for attackers to install malware on user devices as well as infiltrate enterprise networks. This vulnerability has been revealed to be in conjunction with the management of privileges, which allows unprivileged attackers to gain access of controlling features offered by Intel products. This article further discusses the details of this flaw, recommendations from security experts, other discoveries made by security researchers, mitigation steps detailed by Intel, as well as the identification of devices with vulnerable firmware. 

GovInfoSecurity reports "Intel Alert: Critical Security Flaw Affects Many Chipsets"