CVE-2008-7096

Description

Intel 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.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory intel.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2008/08/intel-patches-q35-bug.html
http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2008/08/attacking-xen-domu-vs-dom0.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30823 vdb entry
http://invisiblethingslab.com/bh08/part2-full.pdf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44676 vdb entry
http://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00017&languageid=en-fr patch vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/49901 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-7096?
CVE-2008-7096 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-7096?
To fix CVE-2008-7096, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-7096 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-7096 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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