AMD Secure Processor Local Privilege Escalation via SOC Register Tampering
CVE-2021-26360 Published on November 9, 2022
An attacker with local access to the system can make unauthorized modifications of the security configuration of the SOC registers. This could allow potential corruption of AMD secure processors encrypted memory contents which may lead to arbitrary code execution in ASP.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-26360 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of 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
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2021-26360 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-26360
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Affected Versions
AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series & PRO W6000 Series:- Version AMD Radeon Software and below 22.5.2 is affected.
- Version AMD Radeon Pro Software Enterprise and below 22.Q2 is affected.
- Version Enterprise Driver and below 22.10.20 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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