Reply to post: Re: Hmm.

Ignore the noise about a scary hidden backdoor in Intel processors: It's a fascinating debug port

Michael Wojcik Silver badge

Re: Hmm.

I don't believe so. I haven't tried it, but I believe that on a system that isn't patched for CVE-2017-5712, you could enable VISA remotely.

The other INTEL-SA-00086 vulnerabilities require "local access", but I'm not sure they require physical access. That is, they might be exploitable via, say, a USB HID plugged into the system, if you can trick the user into inserting one. (And many users are willing to plug USB devices of uncertain provenance into their computers.)

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