Intel BIOS Firmware Privilege Escalation (INTEL-SA-00813) (CVE-2022-44611)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179950

Synopsis

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

Description

Improper input validation in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access. (CVE-2022-44611)

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: High

ID: 179950

File Name: intel_sa_00813_cve-2022-44611.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44611

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/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:/a:intel, cpe:/h:intel, cpe:/o:intel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44611

IAVA: 2023-A-0426