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Intel BIOS Firmware Privilege Escalation (INTEL-SA-00813) (CVE-2022-37343)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179948

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Synopsis

The BIOS firmware on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2022-37343)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Contact your system OEM for updated firmware per the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3f552fd5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179948

File Name: intel_sa_00813_cve-2022-37343.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/18/2023

Updated: 8/21/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37343

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:intel, cpe:/o:intel, cpe:/a:intel

Required KB Items: SMB/WMI/Available, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37343

IAVA: 2023-A-0426