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CVE-2022-32231: INTEL-SA-00717

Improper initialization in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

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2023.1 IPU - BIOS Advisory

**Summary: **

Potential security vulnerabilities in the BIOS firmware and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) Secure Initialization (SINIT) Authenticated Code Modules (ACM) for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-26343

Description: Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2022-30539

Description: Use after free in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2022-32231

Description: Improper initialization in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2022-26837

Description: Improper input validation in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2022-30704

Description: Improper initialization in the Intel® TXT SINIT ACM for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.2 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVEID: CVE-2021-0187

Description: Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 3.2 Low

Affected Products:

CVE-2022-26343

Product Collection

Vertical Segment

CPU ID

Platform ID

2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Server,

Workstation

50656

50657

Intel® Xeon® D processor family

Server

50654

Intel® Xeon® Platinum P-8124, P-8136 processors

Server

50653

Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family

Server

50654

Intel® Xeon® D processor 1500 series

Server

50665

Intel® Xeon® D processor 1500 series

Server

50663

50664

CVE-2022-30539

Product Collection

Vertical Segment

CPU ID

Platform ID

3rd Generation Intel® Xeon ®Scalable Processor Family

Server

5065B

CVE-2022-26837

Product Collection

Vertical Segment

CPU ID

Platform ID

3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor

Server

606A6

3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor

Server

5065B

TBD

Intel® Xeon® E processor family

Workstation

906EA

906ED

Intel® Xeon® E processor family

Server,

Workstation

906E9

11th Gen Intel® Core™ processor

Intel® Xeon® W processor

Server, Workstation

A0671

CVE-2021-0187

Product Collection

Vertical Segment

CPU ID

Platform ID

3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor

Server

606A6

CVE-2022-32231

Product Collection

Vertical Segment

CPU ID

Platform ID

Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Family

Server

50654

3rd Generation Intel® Xeon ®Scalable Processor Family

Server

5065B

2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Server

50657

3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor

Server

606A6

Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family

Server

50653

50654

CVE-2022-30704

Product Collection

Vertical Segment

CPU ID

Platform ID

11th Generation Intel® Core Processor Family

Mobile

806D1

806C1

806C2

12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family

Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Family

Intel® Celeron® Processor Family

Desktop

Mobile

90672

90675

906A3

906A4

11th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family

10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family

Intel® Xeon® E-2300 processor family

Intel® Xeon® W processor family

Desktop

Server

Workstation

A0671

A0653

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of listed Intel® Processors update to the latest versions provided

by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Dmitry Frolov (CVE-2022-26837), Yngweijw (Jiawei Yin) (CVE-2022-30539) for reporting these issues.

The following issues were found internally by Intel employees; CVE-2022-26343, CVE-2022-32231, CVE-2021-0187 and CVE-2022-30704.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.

Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

02/14/2023

Initial Release

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