BIOS Flash Attack Vulnerability on Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision Mobile Workstation, and Precision Workstation Client Solutions Devices
CVE-2015-2890 · MEDIUM Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The BIOS implementation on Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision Mobile Workstation, and Precision Workstation Client Solutions (CS) devices with model-dependent firmware before A21 does not enforce a BIOS_CNTL locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging console access, a similar issue to CVE-2015-3692.
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