High severity · published Nov 14, 2023
CVE-2023-20571
A race condition in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker using a compromised user space to leverage CVE-2018-8897 potentially resulting in privilege escalation
8.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A race condition in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker using a compromised user space to leverage CVE-2018-8897 potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Barcelo” · AMD
various · source: vendor
AR
AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics "Rembrandt" · AMD
various · source: vendor
AR
AMD Ryzen™ 7030 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Barcelo-R” · AMD
various · source: vendor
AR
AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Rembrandt-R” · AMD
various · source: vendor
R5
Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics “Cezanne” · AMD
various · source: vendor
R5
Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Cezanne” · AMD
various · source: vendor
R7
Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors “Raphael” XD3 · AMD
various · source: vendor
R7
Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Phoenix” FP7/FP7r2/FP8 · AMD
various · source: vendor
R3
Ryzen 3 5100 Firmware · Amd
before comboam4v2_1.2.0.b · source: NVD
R3
Ryzen 3 5125c Firmware · Amd
before cezannepi-fp6_1.0.0.f · source: NVD
R3
Ryzen 3 5300g Firmware · Amd
before comboam4v2_1.2.0.b · source: NVD
R3
Ryzen 3 5300ge Firmware · Amd
before comboam4v2_1.2.0.b · source: NVD
Affected product
AR
AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Barcelo”
AMD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20571
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20571
Vendor Advisory
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-4002
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