EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause “Protection Mechanism Failure” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to arbitrary code execution and impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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threat_severity

Important


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First Time appeared Tianocore
Tianocore edk2
Vendors & Products Tianocore
Tianocore edk2

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Description EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause “Protection Mechanism Failure” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to arbitrary code execution and impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
Title SMM IDT Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-693
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: TianoCore

Published: 2025-08-07T00:42:14.628Z

Updated: 2025-08-07T13:28:12.175Z

Reserved: 2025-04-17T16:10:59.678Z

Link: CVE-2025-3770

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-07T13:28:09.458Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-07T01:15:25.713

Modified: 2025-08-07T21:26:37.453

Link: CVE-2025-3770

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-08-07T00:42:14Z

Links: CVE-2025-3770 - Bugzilla