Improper input validation in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kits, Intel(R) NUC Performance Kits, Intel(R) NUC Performa
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.18% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Improper input validation in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kits, Intel(R) NUC Performance Kits, Intel(R) NUC Performance Mini PC, Intel(R) NUC 8 Compute Element, Intel(R) NUC Pro Kit, Intel(R) NUC Pro Board, and Intel(R) NUC Compute Element may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Published
- May 10, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 7th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-20
Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.8
- CNA · intel
- 7.5
- 0.3 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| intel | lapqc71a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:lapqc71a_firmware |
| intel | lapqc71a | cpe:2.3:h:intel:lapqc71a |
| intel | lapqc71b firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:lapqc71b_firmware |
| intel | lapqc71b | cpe:2.3:h:intel:lapqc71b |
| intel | lapqc71c firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:lapqc71c_firmware |
| intel | lapqc71c | cpe:2.3:h:intel:lapqc71c |
| intel | lapqc71d firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:lapqc71d_firmware |
| intel | lapqc71d | cpe:2.3:h:intel:lapqc71d |
| intel | nuc10i3fnh firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc10i3fnh_firmware |
| intel | nuc10i3fnh | cpe:2.3:h:intel:nuc10i3fnh |
| intel | nuc10i3fnhf firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc10i3fnhf_firmware |
| intel | nuc10i3fnhf | cpe:2.3:h:intel:nuc10i3fnhf |
and 70 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- intel cm8ccb4r firmwarebefore cbwhl357.0101
- intel cm8i3cb4n firmwarebefore cbwhl357.0101
- intel cm8i5cb8n firmwarebefore cbwhl357.0101
- intel cm8i7cb8n firmwarebefore cbwhl357.0101
- intel cm8pcb4r firmwarebefore cbwhl357.0101
- intel lapqc71a firmwarebefore qccfl357.0158
- intel lapqc71b firmwarebefore qccfl357.0158
- intel lapqc71c firmwarebefore qccfl357.0158
- intel lapqc71d firmwarebefore qccfl357.0158
- intel nuc10i3fnh firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i3fnhf firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i3fnhfa firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i3fnhja firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i3fnhn firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i3fnk firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i3fnkn firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i5fnh firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i5fnhca firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i5fnhf firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
- intel nuc10i5fnhj firmwarebefore fncml357.0059
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (intel). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a Intel(R) NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kits, Intel(R) NUC Performance Kits, Intel(R) NUC Performance Mini PC, Intel(R) NUC 8 Compute Element, Intel(R) NUC Pro Kit, Intel(R) NUC Pro Board, and Intel(R) NUC Comp
- See referencesaffected
Same product
intel: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2021-0196Improper access control in kernel mode driver for some Intel(R) NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kits before version 2.2.0.20 may allow an authenticated31Monitor
- CVE-2021-0055Insecure inherited permissions for some Intel(R) NUC 9 Extreme Laptop Kit LAN Drivers before version 10.42 may allow an authenticated user t31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-20 · Improper Input ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- Cross Zone ScriptingCAPEC-104likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or InformationT1027
- Masquerading: Invalid Code SignatureT1036.001
- Steal Web Session CookieT1539
- Subvert Trust Controls: Code SigningT1553.002
- Impair Defenses:Impair Command History LoggingT1562.003
- Hijack Execution Flow:Dynamic Linker HijackingT1574.006
- Hijack Execution Flow:Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.