CVE-2008-7096

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-7096
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-27 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionIntel Desktop and Intel Mobile Boards with BIOS firmware DQ35JO, DQ35MP, DP35DP, DG33FB, DG33BU, DG33TL, MGM965TW, D945GCPE, and DX38BT allows local administrators with ring 0 privileges to gain additional privileges and modify code that is running in System Management Mode, or access hypervisory memory as demonstrated at Black Hat 2008 by accessing certain remapping registers in Xen 3.3.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Intel Bios dg33bu All All All
Hardware Intel Bios dg33fb All All All
Hardware Intel Bios dg33tl All All All
Hardware Intel Bios dp35dp All All All
Hardware Intel Bios dq35jo All All All
Hardware Intel Bios dq35mp All All All
Hardware Intel Bios dx38bt All All All
Hardware Intel Bios mgm965tw All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Intel® Product Security Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-center.intel.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/49901 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
404 Not Found | Invisible Things Lab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 invisiblethingslab.com
The Invisible Things Lab's blog: Attacking Xen: DomU vs. Dom0 consideration af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
The Invisible Things Lab's blog: Intel patches the Q35 bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com
Intel System Management Mode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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