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.

Metrics

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00033.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Hp
  • Hp
  • Sure Start Ifd Protection

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Vendors Products
Hp
  • Hp
  • Sure Start Ifd Protection
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hp
Hp hp
Hp sure Start Ifd Protection
Vendors & Products Hp
Hp hp
Hp sure Start Ifd Protection

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

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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
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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hp

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2023-6215

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2025-10-08T19:38:32.610

Link: CVE-2023-6215

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Updated: 2025-10-08T13:36:27Z