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CVE-2023-40540

Non-Transparent Sharing of Microarchitectural Resources in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.1, requiring local system access to exploit but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), for affected systems. Impacting 112 products from intel, from intel, from intel and 109 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2023, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2023-11-14T19:15:30.690

Last Modified

2024-11-21T08:19:40.680

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.1 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-1303
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnkv50z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnkv50z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhv70l_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhv70l - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhv50l_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhv50l - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbv7_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbv7 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnkv5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnkv5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnkv7_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnkv7 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhv5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhv5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_mini_pc_nuc11tnkv5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_mini_pc_nuc11tnkv5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_mini_pc_nuc11tnkv7_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_mini_pc_nuc11tnkv7 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhv7_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhv7 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbv5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbv5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_9_extreme_laptop_kit_lapqc71b_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_9_extreme_laptop_kit_lapqc71b - No
Operating System intel nuc_9_extreme_laptop_kit_lapqc71d_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_9_extreme_laptop_kit_lapqc71d - No
Operating System intel nuc_9_extreme_laptop_kit_lapqc71c_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_9_extreme_laptop_kit_lapqc71c - No
Operating System intel nuc_9_extreme_laptop_kit_lapqc71a_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_9_extreme_laptop_kit_lapqc71a - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_enthusiast_kit_nuc11phki7c_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_enthusiast_kit_nuc11phki7c - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_enthusiast_mini_pc_nuc11phki7caa_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_enthusiast_mini_pc_nuc11phki7caa - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi70z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi70z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki70z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki70z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki30z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki30z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi30z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi30z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki50z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki50z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi50z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi50z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi30z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi30z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi50z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi50z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi70z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi70z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi3_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi3 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi7_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi7 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki3_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki3 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnki5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi3_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi3 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi7_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_board_nuc11tnbi7 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi50w_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi50w - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi50l_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi50l - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi30l_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi30l - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi70q_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi70q - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi30p_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi30p - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi70l_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_pro_kit_nuc11tnhi70l - No
Operating System intel nuc_x15_laptop_kit_lapkc71f_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_x15_laptop_kit_lapkc71f - No
Operating System intel nuc_x15_laptop_kit_lapkc71e_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_x15_laptop_kit_lapkc71e - No
Operating System intel nuc_x15_laptop_kit_lapkc51e_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_x15_laptop_kit_lapkc51e - No
Operating System intel nuc_m15_laptop_kit_lapbc710_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_m15_laptop_kit_lapbc710 - No
Operating System intel nuc_m15_laptop_kit_lapbc510_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_m15_laptop_kit_lapbc510 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi70z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi70z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi50z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi50z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi30z_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi30z - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi3_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi3 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi7_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11pahi7 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11paki3_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11paki3 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11paki5_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11paki5 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11paki7_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_kit_nuc11paki7 - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_mini_pc_nuc11paqi50wa_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_mini_pc_nuc11paqi50wa - No
Operating System intel nuc_11_performance_mini_pc_nuc11paqi70qa_firmware - Yes
Hardware intel nuc_11_performance_mini_pc_nuc11paqi70qa - No
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For intel's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.