CVE-2017-8083

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.7/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-862

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jun/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://watchmysys.com/blog/2017/06/cve-2017-8083-compulab-intensepc-lacks-bios-wp/Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jun/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://watchmysys.com/blog/2017/06/cve-2017-8083-compulab-intensepc-lacks-bios-wp/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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