CWE-1299
Missing Protection Mechanism for Alternate Hardware Interface
Description
The lack of protections on alternate paths to access control-protected assets (such as unprotected shadow registers and other external facing unguarded interfaces) allows an attacker to bypass existing protections to the asset that are only performed against the primary path.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-457 · CAPEC-554
CVEs mapped to this weakness (4)
| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-35998 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.9 | 0.00 | Feb 10, 2026 | Missing protection mechanism for alternate hardware interface in the Intel(R) Quick Assist Technology for some Intel(R) Platforms within Ring 0: Kernel may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack… | ||
| CVE-2025-1073 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Apr 10, 2025 | Panasonic IR Control Hub (IR Blaster) versions 1.17 and earlier may allow an attacker with physical access to load unauthorized firmware onto the device. | ||
| CVE-2025-26409 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.00 | Feb 11, 2025 | A serial interface can be accessed with physical access to the PCB of Wattsense Bridge devices. After connecting to the interface, access to the bootloader is possible, as well as a Linux login prompt. The bootloader access can be used to gain a root shell on the device. This… | ||
| CVE-2024-47944 | — | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.00 | Oct 15, 2024 | The device directly executes .patch firmware upgrade files on a USB stick without any prior authentication in the admin interface. This leads to an unauthenticated code execution via the firmware upgrade function. |
- risk 0.51cvss 7.9epss 0.00
Missing protection mechanism for alternate hardware interface in the Intel(R) Quick Assist Technology for some Intel(R) Platforms within Ring 0: Kernel may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00
Panasonic IR Control Hub (IR Blaster) versions 1.17 and earlier may allow an attacker with physical access to load unauthorized firmware onto the device.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.00
A serial interface can be accessed with physical access to the PCB of Wattsense Bridge devices. After connecting to the interface, access to the bootloader is possible, as well as a Linux login prompt. The bootloader access can be used to gain a root shell on the device. This…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.00
The device directly executes .patch firmware upgrade files on a USB stick without any prior authentication in the admin interface. This leads to an unauthenticated code execution via the firmware upgrade function.