CVE-2022-43777: Potential Time-of-Check to Time-of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the HP BIOS for certain HP PC products which may all
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: 0.13% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- 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
Potential Time-of-Check to Time-of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the HP BIOS for certain HP PC products which may allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure.
- Published
- Jun 12, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 3th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-367
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 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| hp | elitebook 1030 g1 | cpe:2.3:h:hp:elitebook_1030_g1 |
| hp | elitebook 850 g5 | cpe:2.3:h:hp:elitebook_850_g5 |
| hp | zcentral 4r workstation firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:zcentral_4r_workstation_firmware |
| hp | zcentral 4r workstation | cpe:2.3:h:hp:zcentral_4r_workstation |
| hp | z1 all-in-one g3 workstation firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:z1_all-in-one_g3_workstation_firmware |
| hp | z1 all-in-one g3 workstation | cpe:2.3:h:hp:z1_all-in-one_g3_workstation |
| hp | elitebook 725 g4 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:elitebook_725_g4_firmware |
| hp | elitebook 725 g4 | cpe:2.3:h:hp:elitebook_725_g4 |
| hp | elitebook 745 g4 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:elitebook_745_g4_firmware |
| hp | elitebook 745 g4 | cpe:2.3:h:hp:elitebook_745_g4 |
| hp | elitebook 755 g4 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:elitebook_755_g4_firmware |
| hp | elitebook 755 g4 | cpe:2.3:h:hp:elitebook_755_g4 |
and 188 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- hp dragonfly folio 13.5 inch g3 2-in-1 notebook pc firmwareup to 0.10.103 inclusive
- hp elite dragonfly 13.5 inch g3 notebook pc firmwareup to 01.03.01 inclusive
- hp elite dragonfly firmwareup to 01.21.01 inclusive
- hp elite dragonfly g2 firmwareup to 01.09.10 inclusive
- hp elite dragonfly max firmwareup to 01.09.10 inclusive
- hp elite mini 600 g9 desktop pc firmwareup to 02.05.00 inclusive
- hp elite mini 800 g9 desktop pc firmwareup to 02.05.00 inclusive
- hp elite sff 600 g9 desktop pc firmwareup to 02.05.01 inclusive
- hp elite sff 800 g9 desktop pc firmwareup to 02.05.01 inclusive
- hp elite slice firmwareup to 2.58 inclusive
- hp elite slice for meeting rooms firmwareup to 2.58 inclusive
- hp elite slice g2 - audio ready with zoom rooms firmwareup to 2.58 inclusive
- hp elite slice g2 - partner ready with microsoft teams rooms firmwareup to 2.58 inclusive
- hp elite slice g2 with intel unite firmwareup to 2.58 inclusive
- hp elite slice g2 with microsoft teams rooms firmwareup to 2.58 inclusive
- hp elite slice g2 with zoom rooms firmwareup to 2.58 inclusive
- hp elite tower 600 g9 desktop pc firmwareup to 02.05.01 inclusive
- hp elite tower 680 g9 desktop pc firmwareup to 02.05.01 inclusive
- hp elite tower 800 g9 desktop pc firmwareup to 02.05.01 inclusive
- hp elite tower 880 g9 desktop pc firmwareup to 02.05.01 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hp). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
HP Inc. HP PC BIOS
- See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions.affected
Same product
hp: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-31639Potential time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the BIOS for certain HP PC products, which might all31Monitor
- CVE-2022-31638Potential time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the BIOS for certain HP PC products, which might all31Monitor
- CVE-2022-31637Potential time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the BIOS for certain HP PC products, which might all31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-27539Jun 12, 2023 · Potential Time-of-Check to Time-of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the HP BIOS for certain HP PC products which may all31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-27541Jun 12, 2023 · Potential Time-of-Check to Time-of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the HP BIOS for certain HP PC products which may all31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2022-43778Jun 12, 2023 · Potential Time-of-Check to Time-of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the HP BIOS for certain HP PC products which may all31Monitor
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
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
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.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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.
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.