PT-2025-35462 · Bootrom · Bootrom

Published 2025-09-01 · Updated 2025-09-01 · CVE-2022-38691

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco BootROM (affected versions not specified)

Description In BootROM, a missing validation check for Certificate Type 0 may allow for local privilege escalation without requiring additional execution privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

LPE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-250

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-38691

Affected Products

Bootrom

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/TomKing062/CVE-2022-38691_38692 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38691 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/31410 · Telegram Post
• https://nccgroup.com/research-blog/there-s-another-hole-in-your-soc-unisoc-rom-vulnerabilities · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1962424119804510518 · Twitter Post