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Intel BIOS Firmware CVE-2023-25756 (INTEL-SA-00924)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186833

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Synopsis

The BIOS firmware on the remote host is affected by CVE-2023-25756.

Description

The version of the Intel BIOS on the remote device is affected by a vulnerability as identified in the INTEL-SA-00924 advisory.

 - Out-of-bounds read in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access. (CVE-2023-25756)

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?d852c5da

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186833

File Name: intel_sa_00924_cve-2023-25756.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/13/2023

Updated: 10/30/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2023-25756

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25756