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CVE-2023-48733

Published: 14 February 2024

An insecure default to allow UEFI Shell in EDK2 was left enabled in Ubuntu's EDK2. This allows an OS-resident attacker to bypass Secure Boot.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
edk2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal
Released (0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5)
jammy
Released (2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic
Released (2023.05-2ubuntu0.1)
noble
Released (2023.11-7)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.7
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H