CVE-2023-34438

Summary

CVE-2023-34438 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware. This issue involves a race condition, which can be exploited by privileged users to potentially escalate their privileges through local access. The race condition exists in the BIOS firmware, making it a low-level vulnerability that could have significant implications for system security if successfully exploited. Intel has not yet released a patch for this vulnerability, leaving affected systems at risk until a fix becomes available. Users are strongly encouraged to monitor for updates from Intel and apply them as soon as possible to mitigate the risk of this escalation of privilege vulnerability.

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