CVE•Published 2022-02-16•Modified 2026-10-07•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2021-39298Hp · Z1_entry_tower_g5_workstation_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
37
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 63% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A potential vulnerability in AMD System Management Mode (SMM) interrupt handler may allow an attacker with high privileges to access the SMM resulting in arbitrary code execution which could be used by malicious actors to bypass security mechanisms provided in the UEFI firmware.
Timeline
Published 2022-02-16
Modified 2026-10-07
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2021-39298Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Z1 Entry Tower G5 Workstation Firmware"Hosts Shodan identified as running Z1 Entry Tower G5 Workstation Firmware.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2021-39298Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2021-39298Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2021-39298Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2021-39298GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2021-39298" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2021-39298 on GitHub.