CVE-2025-35968

MEDIUM

Slim Bootloader - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Protection mechanism failure in the UEFI firmware for the Slim Bootloader within firmware may allow an escalation of privilege. Startup code and smm adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-693
Status published
Products (1)
n/a/Slim Bootloader See references
Published Nov 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026