CVE-2023-25945

Local privilege escalation via undisclosed protection failure

Published Feb 14, 2024 · Updated Nov 7, 2024

Protection mechanism failure in Intel One Boot Flash Update before 14.1.31 allows local users to escalate privileges. Intel has not published the affected protection mechanism, code locus, or operation on untrusted input. Exploitation requires low privileges, local access, high complexity, and user interaction and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Protection mechanism failure in Intel One Boot Flash Update before 14.1.31 allows local users to escalate privileges. Intel has not published the affected protection mechanism, code locus, or operation on untrusted input. Exploitation requires low privileges, local access, high complexity, and user interaction and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-25945
Published
Feb 14, 2024
Updated
Nov 7, 2024
Vendor
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
Product
Intel One Boot Flash Update (OFU) Utility
Classifications
CWE-693, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 7, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=before version 14.1.31

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. · Intel One Boot Flash Update (OFU) Utilityversion=before version 14.1.31

Published CVSS scores

6.7Intel CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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