CVE-2023-35841 (GCVE-0-2023-35841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-14 14:56 – Updated: 2025-07-28 20:49
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Summary
Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control in Phoenix WinFlash Driver on Windows allows Privilege Escalation which allows for modification of system firmware.This issue affects WinFlash Driver: before 4.5.0.0.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
  • CWE-782 - Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Phoenix WinFlash Driver Affected: 0 , < 4.5.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
Takahiro Haruyama of Broadcom
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