Vulnerable: Intel Management Engine, Server Platform Services and Trusted Execution Engine.

Intel has released a security notice regarding its ME, SPS and TXE platforms.

These vulnerabilities provide an entry point at the firmware level, allowing malicious high privilege process to run code and programs before the Operating System.

The vulnerability is also exposed remotely.

Affected Chipsets Include:

Intel Core Processors 6th, 7th, and 8th Generation
Intel Xeon E3-1200 V6 and V5
Intel Xeon Scalable
Intel Atom C 3000
Apollo Lake Intel Pentium
Apollo Lake Intel Atom E3900 series
Celeron N, J Series.

Please use Intel® Management Engine Critical Firmware Update (Intel-SA-00086) to verify if your system is affected, and then obtain the patches from your hardware vendor, as they become available.