Intel® Server Boards and Server System Firmware Update Utility Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the System Firmware Update Utility for some Intel® Server Boards and Server System may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2023-22841

Description: Unquoted search path in the software installer for the System Firmware Update Utility (SysFwUpdt) for some Intel® Server Boards and Intel® Server Systems Based on Intel® 621A Chipset before version 16.0.7 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

System Firmware Update Utility (SysFwUpdt) for Intel® Server Boards and Intel® Server Systems Based on Intel® 621A Chipset before version 16.0.7.

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating System Firmware Update Utility for Intel® Server Boards and Intel® Server Systems Based on Intel® 621A Chipset to version 16.0.7 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:
<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/765095/server-firmware-update-utility-sysfwupdt-for-intel-server-boards-and-intel-server-systems.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Mohammed and @j00sean for reporting these issues.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.