SMRAM memory contents leak / information disclosure vulnerability in SMM driver (SMRAM read).
BINARLY efiXplorer team identified an SMM memory contents leak / information disclosure vulnerability, which allows an attacker to read portions of SMRAM memory. This in turn could help building a successful attack vector exploiting SMM memory corruption vulnerability.
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Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges from ring 0 to ring -2, execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode - an environment more privileged than operating system (OS) and completely isolated from it. Running arbitrary code in SMM additionally bypasses SMM-based SPI flash protections against modifications, which can help an attacker to install a firmware backdoor/implant into the BIOS. Such a malicious firmware code in the BIOS could persist across operating system re-installs. Additionally, this vulnerability potentially could be used by threat actors to bypass security mechanisms provided by the UEFI firmware (for example, Secure Boot and some types of memory isolation for hypervisors).
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Vulnerability Information
- BINARLY internal vulnerability identifier: BRLY-2022-039
- Intel PSIRT assigned CVE identifier: CVE-2023-22444
- Intel advisory: INTEL-SA-00917
- CVSS v3.1: 6.0 Medium AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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