CVE-2021-0157 vulnerability in Intel Products
Published on November 17, 2021
Insufficient control flow management in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-0157 can be exploited with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Insufficient Control Flow Management
The code does not sufficiently manage its control flow during execution, creating conditions in which the control flow can be modified in unexpected ways.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-0157
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Exploit Probability
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