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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-7096 · published 27 August 2009

CVE-2008-7096: Intel bios permissions and access controls vulnerability

Intel · Bios

Intel Desktop and Intel Mobile Boards with BIOS firmware DQ35JO, DQ35MP, DP35DP, DG33FB, DG33BU, DG33TL, MGM965TW, D945GCPE, and DX38BT allows local administrators with ring 0 privileges to gain additional privileges and modify code that is running in System Management Mode, or access hypervisory memory as demonstrated at Black Hat 2008 by accessing certain remapping registers in Xen 3.3.

6.9 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.32% · top 77.2% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
6.9CVSS 2.0 base score
0.32%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Intel Desktop and Intel Mobile Boards with BIOS firmware DQ35JO, DQ35MP, DP35DP, DG33FB, DG33BU, DG33TL, MGM965TW, D945GCPE, and DX38BT allows local administrators with ring 0 privileges to gain additional privileges and modify code that is running in System Management Mode, or access hypervisory memory as demonstrated at Black Hat 2008 by accessing certain remapping registers in Xen 3.3.

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://invisiblethingslab.com/bh08/part2-full.pdf
http://osvdb.org/49901
http://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00017&languageid=en-fr PatchVendor Advisory
http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2008/08/attacking-xen-domu-vs-dom0.html
http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2008/08/intel-patches-q35-bug.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30823
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44676
http://invisiblethingslab.com/bh08/part2-full.pdf
http://osvdb.org/49901
http://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00017&languageid=en-fr PatchVendor Advisory
http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2008/08/attacking-xen-domu-vs-dom0.html
http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2008/08/intel-patches-q35-bug.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30823
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44676

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-7096), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.