CWE-1233
Security-Sensitive Hardware Controls with Missing Lock Bit Protection
Description
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.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-176 · CAPEC-680
CVEs mapped to this weakness (6)
| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-23005 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.7 | 0.01 | Jan 23, 2023 | Western Digital has identified a weakness in the UFS standard that could result in a security vulnerability. This vulnerability may exist in some systems where the Host boot ROM code implements the UFS Boot feature to boot from UFS compliant storage devices. The UFS Boot… | ||
| CVE-2025-61972 | Hig | 0.55 | — | 0.00 | May 13, 2026 | Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to gain arbitrary System Management Network (SMN) access, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in AMD Secure Processor (ASP) and loss of the SEV-SNP guest's confidentiality… | ||
| CVE-2025-25734 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.00 | Aug 26, 2025 | Kapsch TrafficCom RIS-9160 & RIS-9260 Roadside Units (RSUs) v3.2.0.829.23, v3.8.0.1119.42, and v4.6.0.1211.28 was discovered to contain an unauthenticated EFI shell which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges during the boot process. | ||
| CVE-2025-61971 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | May 13, 2026 | Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to modify MMIO routing configurations, potentially resulting in loss of SEV-SNP guest integrity. | ||
| CVE-2025-25735 | Med | 0.30 | 4.6 | 0.00 | Aug 26, 2025 | Kapsch TrafficCom RIS-9160 & RIS-9260 Roadside Units (RSUs) v3.2.0.829.23, v3.8.0.1119.42, and v4.6.0.1211.28 were discovered to lack SPI Protected Range Registers (PRRs), allowing attackers with software running on the system to modify SPI flash in real-time. | ||
| CVE-2025-25733 | Low | 0.23 | 3.5 | 0.00 | Aug 26, 2025 | Incorrect access control in the SPI Flash Chip of Kapsch TrafficCom RIS-9160 & RIS-9260 Roadside Units (RSUs) v3.2.0.829.23, v3.8.0.1119.42, and v4.6.0.1211.28 allows physically proximate attackers to arbitrarily modify SPI flash regions, leading to a degradation of the security… |
- risk 0.57cvss 8.7epss 0.01
Western Digital has identified a weakness in the UFS standard that could result in a security vulnerability. This vulnerability may exist in some systems where the Host boot ROM code implements the UFS Boot feature to boot from UFS compliant storage devices. The UFS Boot…
- risk 0.55cvss —epss 0.00
Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to gain arbitrary System Management Network (SMN) access, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in AMD Secure Processor (ASP) and loss of the SEV-SNP guest's confidentiality…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.00
Kapsch TrafficCom RIS-9160 & RIS-9260 Roadside Units (RSUs) v3.2.0.829.23, v3.8.0.1119.42, and v4.6.0.1211.28 was discovered to contain an unauthenticated EFI shell which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges during the boot process.
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to modify MMIO routing configurations, potentially resulting in loss of SEV-SNP guest integrity.
- risk 0.30cvss 4.6epss 0.00
Kapsch TrafficCom RIS-9160 & RIS-9260 Roadside Units (RSUs) v3.2.0.829.23, v3.8.0.1119.42, and v4.6.0.1211.28 were discovered to lack SPI Protected Range Registers (PRRs), allowing attackers with software running on the system to modify SPI flash in real-time.
- risk 0.23cvss 3.5epss 0.00
Incorrect access control in the SPI Flash Chip of Kapsch TrafficCom RIS-9160 & RIS-9260 Roadside Units (RSUs) v3.2.0.829.23, v3.8.0.1119.42, and v4.6.0.1211.28 allows physically proximate attackers to arbitrarily modify SPI flash regions, leading to a degradation of the security…