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CWE-1233

Security-Sensitive Hardware Controls with Missing Lock Bit Protection
2020-02-24
00h00 +00:00
Stable
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
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이름: Security-Sensitive Hardware Controls with Missing Lock Bit Protection

The product uses a register lock bit protection mechanism, but it does not ensure that the lock bit prevents modification of system registers or controls that perform changes to important hardware system configuration.

일반 정보

배경 세부 정보

취약점 도입 방식

Architecture and Design : Such issues could be introduced during hardware architecture and design and identified later during Testing or System Configuration phases.
Implementation : Such issues could be introduced during implementation and identified later during Testing or System Configuration phases.

적용 가능한 플랫폼

언어

클래스: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

운영 체제

클래스: Not OS-Specific (Undetermined)

아키텍처

클래스: Not Architecture-Specific (Undetermined)

기술

클래스: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)

일반적인 결과

범위 영향 가능성
Access ControlModify Memory

참고: System Configuration protected by the lock bit can be modified even when the lock is set. If the lock bit does not effectively write-protect all system registers or controls that could modify the protected system configuration, then an adversary may be able to use software to access the registers/controls and modify the protected hardware configuration.

관찰된 예시

참고 자료 설명

CVE-2025-61972

Processor product does not perform lock bit protection for certain registers.

CVE-2018-9085

Certain servers leave a write protection lock bit unset after boot, potentially allowing modification of parts of flash memory.

CVE-2014-8273

Chain: chipset has a race condition (CWE-362) between when an interrupt handler detects an attempt to write-enable the BIOS (in violation of the lock bit), and when the handler resets the write-enable bit back to 0, allowing attackers to issue BIOS writes during the timing window [REF-1237].

잠재적 완화 방법

Phases : Architecture and Design // Implementation // Testing

탐지 방법

Manual Analysis

Set the lock bit. Attempt to modify the information protected by the lock bit. If the information is changed, implement a design fix. Retest. Also, attempt to indirectly clear the lock bit or bypass it.
효과성 : High

취약점 매핑 메모

근거 : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
댓글 : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

관련 공격 패턴

CAPEC ID 공격 패턴 이름
CAPEC-176 Configuration/Environment Manipulation
An attacker manipulates files or settings external to a target application which affect the behavior of that application. For example, many applications use external configuration files and libraries - modification of these entities or otherwise affecting the application's ability to use them would constitute a configuration/environment manipulation attack.
CAPEC-680 Exploitation of Improperly Controlled Registers

참고 자료

REF-1237

Intel BIOS locking mechanism contains race condition that enables write protection bypass
CERT Coordination Center.
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/766164/

제출

이름 조직 날짜 출시일 Version
Arun Kanuparthi, Hareesh Khattri, Parbati Kumar Manna, Narasimha Kumar V Mangipudi Intel Corporation 2020-01-15 +00:00 2020-02-24 +00:00 4.0

수정 사항

이름 조직 날짜 댓글
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-08-20 +00:00 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-03-15 +00:00 updated Maintenance_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-10-28 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Detection_Factors, Maintenance_Notes, Name, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-04-28 +00:00 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-04-03 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-09-09 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Background_Details, Common_Consequences, Description, Observed_Examples