CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-43323

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

28th percentile - higher than 28% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in UsbCoreDxe in InsydeH2O (kernel 5.5 to 5.0) allows an attacker to hijack execution flow of code running in System Management Mode via an SMM callout. Exploitation could lead to privilege escalation to SMM.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain the highest privileges in the system (SMM), leading to complete platform and data compromise.

Recommendation

Update InsydeH2O firmware to a version containing the fix (05.51.45, 05.43.45, 05.35.45, 05.26.45, 05.16.45, 05.08.45 or later).

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Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in UsbCoreDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.5 before 05.51.45, 5.4 before 05.43.45, 5.3 before 05.35.45, 5.2 before 05.26.45, 5.1 before 05.16.45, and 5.0 before 05.08.45. An SMM callout vulnerability allows an attacker to hijack execution flow of code running in System Management Mode. Exploiting this issue could lead to escalating privileges to SMM.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS