CVE-2017-8083 — CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges

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CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges

Published Jun 6, 2017

6.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00325

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00325

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (8 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.33% (0.00325)	23.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.33% (0.00325)	25.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.33% (0.00332)	3.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.33% (0.00332)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

References (2)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jun/6
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://watchmysys.com/blog/2017/06/cve-2017-8083-compulab-intensepc-lacks-bios-wp/
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jun/6		x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://watchmysys.com/blog/2017/06/cve-2017-8083-compulab-intensepc-lacks-bios-wp/		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 6, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Apr 24, 2017

Link CVE-2017-8083

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-8083

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-8083