High severity · published Feb 3, 2022
CVE-2021-43615
An issue was discovered in HddPassword in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.23, 5.2 before 05.26.23, 5.3 before 05.35.23, 5.4 before 05.43.22, and 5.5 before 05.51.22
8.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in HddPassword in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.23, 5.2 before 05.26.23, 5.3 before 05.35.23, 5.4 before 05.43.22, and 5.5 before 05.51.22. An SMM memory corruption vulnerability allows an attacker to write fixed or predictable data to SMRAM. Exploiting this issue could lead to escalating privileges to SMM.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IN
Insydeh2o · Insyde
5.1 before 5.16.23; 5.2 before 5.23.22; 5.3 before 5.32.22 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43615
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43615
Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0010/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge
Vendor Advisory
https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022013
www.kb.cert.org
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796611
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-306654.html
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