Missing Protection Mechanism for Alternate Hardware Interface in FACSChorus - CVE-2023-29063

 

Missing Protection Mechanism for Alternate Hardware Interface in FACSChorus - CVE-2023-29063

Published: November 29, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83569
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29063
CWE-ID: CWE-1299
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the workstation does not prevent physical access to its PCI express (PCIe) slots. An attacker with physical access can insert a PCI card designed for memory capture and isolate sensitive information such as a BitLocker encryption key from a dump of the workstation RAM during startup.


Affected software

FACSChorus

How to mitigate CVE-2023-29063

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.


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