HP BIOS TOCTOU flaw enables arbitrary code exec
CVE-2022-27538 Published on February 1, 2023
A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in the BIOS for certain HP PC products which may allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. HP is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-27538 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a TOCTTOU Vulnerability?
The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. This weakness can be security-relevant when an attacker can influence the state of the resource between check and use. This can happen with shared resources such as files, memory, or even variables in multithreaded programs.
CVE-2022-27538 has been classified to as a TOCTTOU vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-27538
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Affected Versions
HP Inc. HP PC BIOS Version See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions. is affected by CVE-2022-27538Exploit Probability
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