What is CVE-2017-8083?

CVE-2017-8083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Compulab Intense Pc, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-8083?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Compulab Intense Pc

CVE-2017-8083

CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (24.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8083?: CVE-2017-8083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Compulab Intense Pc, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-8083?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.