CVE-2023-20571

Summary

CVE-2023-20571 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting System Management Mode (SMM) code. An attacker who has compromised user space can exploit this race condition in SMM, potentially triggering CVE-2018-8897. If successful, this could lead to privilege escalation, giving the attacker elevated system access. This vulnerability poses a significant risk and requires immediate attention from system administrators to apply available patches.

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