CVE-2023-40070
Published: 16 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-40070 is a high-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Intel Power Gadget. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 36.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-44677
Vulnerability details
Improper access control in some Intel(R) Power Gadget software for macOS all versions may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
Authorizing and reviewing internal connections enforces proper access control over system interfaces.
Requires explicit allocation of controls to physical and logical components, directly preventing architectural gaps in access enforcement.
Explicit separation implements access control boundaries between user interfaces and system management functionality.
By design the control implements a hard boundary that prevents unauthorized actors or non-security functions from reaching security-critical resources or entry points.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.