CVE-2018-3613

edk2: Logic error in MdeModulePkg in EDK II firmware allows for privilege escalation by authenticated users

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Logic issue in variable service module for EDK II/UDK2018/UDK2017/UDK2015 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

Problema de lógica en el módulo del servicio variable para EDK II/UDK2018/UDK2017/UDK2015 podría permitir que un usuario autenticado escale privilegios, divulgue información y/o provoque una denegación de servicio mediante acceso local.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-12-28 CVE Reserved
2019-03-27 CVE Published
2024-03-20 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/authvariable-timestamp-zeroing-on-append_write.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2125	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3613	2019-08-06
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1641433	2019-08-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tianocore Search vendor "Tianocore"		Edk Ii Search vendor "Tianocore" for product "Edk Ii"				udk2015 Search vendor "Tianocore" for product "Edk Ii" and version "udk2015"		-		Affected
Tianocore Search vendor "Tianocore"		Edk Ii Search vendor "Tianocore" for product "Edk Ii"				udk2017 Search vendor "Tianocore" for product "Edk Ii" and version "udk2017"		-		Affected
Tianocore Search vendor "Tianocore"		Edk Ii Search vendor "Tianocore" for product "Edk Ii"				udk2018 Search vendor "Tianocore" for product "Edk Ii" and version "udk2018"		-		Affected