CVE-2023-48267
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper buffer restrictions in some Intel(R) System Security Report and System Resources Defense firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a firmware vulnerability in Intel System Security Report and System Resources Defense components. The improper buffer restrictions allow a currently privileged user to escalate their privileges further through local access, potentially achieving administrator or root-level control on the affected system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Intel System Security Report component presenceCheck system inventory or firmware for Intel System Security Report component. On Windows, run 'wmic product get name,version' or check BIOS/UEFI firmware details. On Linux, check 'dmidecode' output or /sys/class/dmi/id/ for Intel firmware components.Affected if The Intel System Security Report component is present on the system
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Identify Intel System Resources Defense component presenceCheck system inventory or firmware for Intel System Resources Defense component. Review BIOS/UEFI firmware versions or Intel Management Engine firmware versions that include System Resources Defense.Affected if The Intel System Resources Defense component is present on the system
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Check firmware version against Intel advisoriesRetrieve the installed firmware version through manufacturer tools (Intel Firmware Advisor, Intel Platform Update, or vendor-specific firmware tools) and compare against Intel's published fixed versions for CVE-2023-48267.Affected if The firmware version is lower than Intel's fixed version for this CVE
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Assess local user privilegesReview local user accounts and their privilege levels using 'whoami /all' on Windows or 'id' and 'sudo -l' on Linux. Identify if multiple local users with elevated privileges exist.Affected if Multiple local privileged users exist or non-administrator users have partial elevated access
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Verify multi-user environment exposureDetermine if the system is a multi-user system where untrusted local users could gain initial privileged access. Check terminal services, remote desktop settings, or shared system configurations.Affected if The system allows local access by non-administrative users in a multi-user configuration
The system is affected if it contains Intel System Security Report or System Resources Defense firmware components with versions below Intel's fixed versions and operates in a multi-user or shared-access environment where local privilege escalation is possible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Intel firmware update for System Security Report and System Resources Defense when available. Prioritize patching systems with local privileged users or multi-user environments.
- Consultation8.0 h
- Implementation16.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA8.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-48267 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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