VDB-218255 · CVE-2022-42275 · GCVE-0-2022-42275

NVIDIA BMC IPMI authentication bypass

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in NVIDIA BMC. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IPMI Handler. The manipulation leads to authentication bypass. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-42275. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA BMC (affected version not known) and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component IPMI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-288. A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA BMC IPMI handler allows an unauthenticated host to write to a host SPI flash bypassing secureboot protections. This may lead to a loss of integrity and denial of service.

The weakness was published 01/13/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-42275 since 10/03/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/05/2023).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

NVIDIA

Name

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.7
CNA Vector (NVIDIA Corporation): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication bypass
CWE: CWE-288 / CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/03/2022 🔍
01/13/2023 +102 days 🔍
01/13/2023 +0 days 🔍
02/05/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-42275 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42275
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218255

Entryinfo

Created: 01/13/2023 10:06
Updated: 02/05/2023 16:09
Changes: 01/13/2023 10:06 (47), 02/05/2023 16:09 (11)
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