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CVE-2022-0004

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Hardware debug modes and processor INIT setting that allow override of locks for some Intel(R) Processors in Intel(R) Boot Guard and Intel(R) TXT may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Affected products

• Intel Atom P5921B Firmware: all versions
• Intel Atom P5931B Firmware: all versions
• Intel Atom P5942B Firmware: all versions
• Intel Atom P5962B Firmware: all versions
• Intel Atom X5-E3930 Firmware: before 3.1.92 — fixed in 3.1.92
• Intel Atom X5-E3940 Firmware: before 3.1.92 — fixed in 3.1.92
• Intel Atom X6200Fe Firmware: before 15.40.20 — fixed in 15.40.20
• Intel Atom X6211E Firmware: before 15.40.20 — fixed in 15.40.20
• Intel Atom X6212Re Firmware: before 15.40.20 — fixed in 15.40.20
• Intel Atom X6413E Firmware: before 15.40.20 — fixed in 15.40.20
• Intel Atom X6425E Firmware: before 15.40.20 — fixed in 15.40.20
• Intel Atom X6425Re Firmware: before 15.40.20 — fixed in 15.40.20
• Intel Atom X6427Fe Firmware: before 15.40.20 — fixed in 15.40.20
• Intel Atom X7-E3950 Firmware: before 3.1.92 — fixed in 3.1.92
• Intel C232 Firmware: before 11.8.92 — fixed in 11.8.92
• Intel C236 Firmware: before 11.8.92 — fixed in 11.8.92
• Intel C242 Firmware: before 12.0.90 — fixed in 12.0.90
• Intel C246 Firmware: before 12.0.90 — fixed in 12.0.90
• Intel C420 Firmware: before 11.12.92 — fixed in 11.12.92
• Intel C422 Firmware: before 11.12.92 — fixed in 11.12.92
• Intel C621 Firmware: before 11.22.92 — fixed in 11.22.92
• Intel C621A Firmware: all versions
• Intel C622 Firmware: before 11.22.92 — fixed in 11.22.92
• Intel C624 Firmware: before 11.22.92 — fixed in 11.22.92
• Intel C624A Firmware: all versions
• Intel C625 Firmware: before 11.22.92 — fixed in 11.22.92
• Intel C626 Firmware: before 11.22.92 — fixed in 11.22.92
• Intel C627 Firmware: before 11.22.92 — fixed in 11.22.92
• Intel C627A Firmware: all versions
• Intel C628 Firmware: before 11.22.92 — fixed in 11.22.92

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Atom X5-E3930 Firmware 3.1.92; Intel Atom X5-E3940 Firmware 3.1.92; Intel Atom X6200Fe Firmware 15.40.20; Intel Atom X6211E Firmware 15.40.20; Intel Atom X6212Re Firmware 15.40.20; Intel Atom X6413E Firmware 15.40.20; Intel Atom X6425E Firmware 15.40.20; Intel Atom X6425Re Firmware 15.40.20; Intel Atom X6427Fe Firmware 15.40.20; Intel Atom X7-E3950 Firmware 3.1.92; Intel C232 Firmware 11.8.92; Intel C236 Firmware 11.8.92. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00613.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00613.html

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