Intel released 40 security advisories in total, addressing critical- and high-severity flaws across its Active Management Technology, Wireless Bluetooth and NUC products. The latest security update addresses flaws across a myriad of products, most notably, critical bugs that can be exploited by unauthenticated cybercriminals in order to gain escalated privileges. Intel s Next Unit Computing (NUC) mini PC also had two flaws, including an insecure variable issue in the default default issue in its Thunderbolt drivers for Windows.
Source: https://threatpost.com/intel-update-critical-privilege-escalation-bugs/161087/