CVE-2023-20587 (GCVE-0-2023-20587)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-13 19:31 – Updated: 2025-05-07 21:10
VLAI
Summary
Improper Access Control in System Management Mode (SMM) may allow an attacker access to the SPI flash potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-02-14 19:17 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-02-13 17:00
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