Intel Server Update Utility up to 16.0.11 Firmware Update input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Server Update Utility up to 16.0.11. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Firmware Update Handler. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-22453. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Intel Server Update Utility up to 16.0.11 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Firmware Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper input validation for some Server Firmware Update Utility(SysFwUpdt) before version 16.0.12 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable local code execution. 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.

The advisory is available at intel.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-22453 since 02/04/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/10/2026).

Upgrading to version 16.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Intel

Name

• Server Update Utility

Version

• 16.0.0
• 16.0.1
• 16.0.2
• 16.0.3
• 16.0.4
• 16.0.5
• 16.0.6
• 16.0.7
• 16.0.8
• 16.0.9
• 16.0.10
• 16.0.11

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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