VDB-245882 · CVE-2023-5553 · GCVE-0-2023-5553

AXIS AXIS OS up to 11.6 Secure Boot authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in AXIS AXIS OS up to 11.6. Affected is an unknown function of the component Secure Boot. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-5553. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in AXIS AXIS OS up to 11.6. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Secure Boot. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

During internal Axis Security Development Model (ASDM) threat-modelling, a flaw was found in the protection for device tampering (commonly known as Secure Boot) in AXIS OS making it vulnerable to a sophisticated attack to bypass this protection. To Axis' knowledge, there are no known exploits of the vulnerability at this time. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

The weakness was disclosed 11/21/2023. The advisory is available at axis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-5553 since 10/12/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

Vendor

AXIS

Name

AXIS OS

Version

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.axis.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.6
CNA Vector (Axis Communications AB): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

10/12/2023 🔍
11/21/2023 +40 days 🔍
11/21/2023 +0 days 🔍
06/10/2025 +567 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: axis.com

Advisory: axis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5553 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5553
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-245882

Entryinfo

Created: 11/21/2023 08:21
Updated: 06/10/2025 16:35
Changes: 11/21/2023 08:21 (47), 12/15/2023 08:49 (10), 08/30/2024 01:37 (15), 06/10/2025 16:35 (2)
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