FKIE_CVE-2023-35841

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-14 16:15 - Updated: 2025-09-25 17:10
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
22d9ba52-f336-4b0d-bf1f-0efbdcc3c1dehttps://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/10/hunting-vulnerable-kernel-drivers.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
22d9ba52-f336-4b0d-bf1f-0efbdcc3c1dehttps://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU93886750/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
22d9ba52-f336-4b0d-bf1f-0efbdcc3c1dehttps://phoenixtech.com/phoenix-security-notifications/cve-2023-35841/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2023/10/hunting-vulnerable-kernel-drivers.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU93886750/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.phoenix.com/security-notifications/cve-2023-35841/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
phoenixtech winflash *
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  "id": "CVE-2023-35841",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-25T17:10:34.097",
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