CVE-2023-40261 describes a vulnerability in Diebold Nixdorf Vynamic Security Suite (VSS) versions prior to 3.3.0 SR17, 4.0.0 SR07, 4.1.0 SR04, 4.2.0 SR04, and 4.3.0 SR02, where the software fails to validate file attributes during the Pre-Boot Authorization (PBA) process. This allows a physical attacker to manipulate the system's hard disk contents, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires physical access to the affected device but has low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.3.0sr17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dieboldnixdorf:vynamic_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.0sr07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dieboldnixdorf:vynamic_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.0sr04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dieboldnixdorf:vynamic_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.0sr04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dieboldnixdorf:vynamic_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.0sr03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dieboldnixdorf:vynamic_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.