CVE-2023-6215 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Sure Start’s protection of the Intel Flash Descriptor in certain HP PC products, which might allow security bypass, arbitrary code execution, loss of integrity or confidentiality, or denial of service. HP is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_13064666-13064688-16/hpsbhf04061

History

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-306
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Sure Start’s protection of the Intel Flash Descriptor in certain HP PC products, which might allow security bypass, arbitrary code execution, loss of integrity or confidentiality, or denial of service. HP is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.
Title		HP Sure Start IFD Protection - BIOS Security Update
References		https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_13064666-13064688-16/hpsbhf04061
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hp

Published: 2025-10-07T14:31:53.244Z

Updated: 2025-10-07T15:14:47.089Z

Reserved: 2023-11-20T16:18:25.230Z

Link: CVE-2023-6215

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-07T15:13:37.699Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-07T15:16:00.993

Modified: 2025-10-07T16:15:53.163

Link: CVE-2023-6215

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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