Medium severity · published Nov 14, 2023
CVE-2023-40540
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local…
4.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
N1
Nuc 11 Enthusiast Kit Nuc11phki7c Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Enthusiast Mini PC Nuc11phki7caa Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi3 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi30z Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi5 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi50z Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi7 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11pahi70z Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki3 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki5 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Kit Nuc11paki7 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N1
Nuc 11 Performance Mini PC Nuc11paqi50wa Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
Affected product
N1
Nuc 11 Enthusiast Kit Nuc11phki7c Firmware
Intel
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40540
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40540
Patch
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01001.html
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