CVE-2023-42772: escalation of privilege in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) reference processors
Untrusted pointer dereference in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) reference processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVE-2023-42772: escalation of privilege in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) reference processors
Description
Untrusted pointer dereference in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) reference processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- intel
- Date Reserved
- 2023-10-25T03:00:09.570Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69092635fe7723195e0b61be
Added to database: 11/3/2025, 10:01:25 PM
Last updated: 11/3/2025, 10:04:17 PM
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