Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU69915

Insufficiently protected credentials in Intel products - CVE-2022-40242

Published: December 6, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU69915

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40242

CWE-ID: CWE-522

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Intel

Affected software:
Intel Server Board M10JNP2SB
Intel Server Board M20NTP
Intel Server Board M70KLP2SB

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficiently protected credentials, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

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