SB2023022026 - Privilege escalation in Siemens Industrial Products using Intel CPUs 



SB2023022026 - Privilege escalation in Siemens Industrial Products using Intel CPUs

Published: February 20, 2023 Updated: February 22, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023022026
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21198)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the BIOS firmware. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.