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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2023-40547
HistoryJan 25, 2024 - 4:15 p.m.

Remote code execution

2024-01-2516:15:00
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11
remote execution
vulnerability
shim
http
out-of-bounds write
system compromise
early boot phase
man-in-the-middle

8.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.025 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.3%

A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Shim. The Shim boot support trusts attacker-controlled values when parsing an HTTP response. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a specific malicious HTTP request, leading to a completely controlled out-of-bounds write primitive and complete system compromise. This flaw is only exploitable during the early boot phase, an attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle or compromise the boot server to be able to exploit this vulnerability successfully.