CVE-2002-2059

Summary

CVECVE-2002-2059
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBIOS D845BG, D845HV, D845PT and D845WN on Intel motherboards does not properly restrict access to configuration information when BIOS passwords are enabled, which could allow local users to change the default boot device via the F8 key.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Intel D845bg Motherboard p01-0012 All All All
Hardware Intel D845bg Motherboard p02-0015 All All All
Hardware Intel D845bg Motherboard p03-0021 All All All
Hardware Intel D845bg Motherboard p04-0023 All All All
Hardware Intel D845bg Motherboard p05-0024 All All All
Hardware Intel D845hv Motherboard p04-0018 All All All
Hardware Intel D845hv Motherboard p05-0022 All All All
Hardware Intel D845hv Motherboard p06-0024 All All All
Hardware Intel D845hv Motherboard p07-0029 All All All
Hardware Intel D845hv Motherboard p08-0031 All All All
Hardware Intel D845hv Motherboard p09-0035 All All All
Hardware Intel D845hv Motherboard p10-0038 All All All
Hardware Intel D845hv Motherboard p11-0040 All All All
Hardware Intel D845pt Motherboard p01-0012 All All All
Hardware Intel D845pt Motherboard p02-0015 All All All
Hardware Intel D845pt Motherboard p03-0021 All All All
Hardware Intel D845pt Motherboard p04-0023 All All All
Hardware Intel D845pt Motherboard p05-0024 All All All
Hardware Intel D845wn Motherboard p04-0018 All All All
Hardware Intel D845wn Motherboard p06-0024 All All All
Hardware Intel D845wn Motherboard p07-0029 All All All
Hardware Intel D845wn Motherboard p08-0031 All All All
Hardware Intel D845wn Motherboard p09-0035 All All All
Hardware Intel D845wn Motherboard p10-0038 All All All
Hardware Intel D845wn Motherboard p11-0040 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
download.intel.com/design/motherbd/bg/P06-0027.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.intel.com
download.intel.com/design/motherbd/pt/P06-0027.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.intel.com
Intel D845 Motherboard BIOS Series Arbitrary Boot Media Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - Intel D845HV/WN/PT series motherboard vulnerability - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
ISS X-Force Database: intel-d845-change-device (8998): Intel D845 series motherboards could allow an attacker to bypass the BIOS password and change the boot device af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch
download.intel.com/design/motherbd/wn/P12-0041d.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.intel.com
download.intel.com/design/motherbd/hv/P12-0041d.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.intel.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0017.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Patch
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