Local privilege escalation via active debug code
Published Feb 16, 2023 · Updated Jan 27, 2025
Privilege escalation in Intel Server Platform Services firmware before SPS_E5_04.04.04.300.0 allows local users to gain higher privileges. Production firmware contains active debug code, but Intel has not disclosed the affected component or the operation that lets the code cross a privilege boundary. Exploitation requires authenticated local access to affected server hardware; Intel has not described the resulting privileged actions.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Intel Server Platform Services firmware before SPS_E5_04.04.04.300.0 allows local users to gain higher privileges. Production firmware contains active debug code, but Intel has not disclosed the affected component or the operation that lets the code cross a privilege boundary. Exploitation requires authenticated local access to affected server hardware; Intel has not described the resulting privileged actions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36348
- Published
- Feb 16, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel Server Platform Services (SPS) Firmware
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 16, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version SPS_E5_04.04.04.300.0
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