Medium severity · published Oct 16, 2023
CVE-2023-21414
NCC Group has found a flaw during the annual internal penetration test ordered by Axis Communications
6.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NCC Group has found a flaw during the annual internal penetration test ordered by Axis Communications. The protection for device tampering (commonly known as Secure Boot) contains a flaw which provides an opportunity for a sophisticated attack to bypass this protection. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Axis OS · Axis
10.11.55 before 10.12.206; 11.0.89 before 11.6.94; before 11.6.94; 10.11.55 before 10.12.206; 11.0.89 before 11.6.94 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21414
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21414
Vendor Advisory
https://www.axis.com/dam/public/45/3c/a1/cve-2023-21414pdf-en-US-412758.pdf
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