CVE-2022-26873

HIGH

AMI Aptio V PlatformInitAdvancedPreMem - PEI Code Execution and SMRAM Injection

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

A potential attacker can execute an arbitrary code at the time of the PEI phase and influence the subsequent boot stages. This can lead to the mitigations bypassing, physical memory contents disclosure, discovery of any secrets from any Virtual Machines (VMs) and bypassing memory isolation and confidential computing boundaries. Additionally, an attacker can build a payload which can be injected into the SMRAM memory. This issue affects: Module name: PlatformInitAdvancedPreMem SHA256: 644044fdb8daea30a7820e0f5f88dbf5cd460af72fbf70418e9d2e47efed8d9b Module GUID: EEEE611D-F78F-4FB9-B868-55907F169280 This issue affects: AMI Aptio 5.x.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00712.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.binarly.io/advisories/BRLY-2022-027
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.ami.com/security-center/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-121 CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
ami/aptio_v 5.0
intel/nuc_m15_laptop_kit_lapbc510_firmware
intel/nuc_m15_laptop_kit_lapbc710_firmware
Published Sep 20, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026