vulnerability
Aruba AOS-CX: CVE-2021-43522: SMM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in StorageSecurityCommandDxe
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 1, 2022 | Feb 24, 2025 | Apr 2, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 1, 2022
Added
Feb 24, 2025
Modified
Apr 2, 2026
Description
A StorageSecurityCommandDxe SMM memory corruption vulnerability allows an attacker to write fixed or predictable data to SMRAM. Exploiting this issue could lead to escalating privileges to SMM.
Solution
aruba-aos-cx-cve-2021-43522
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