CVE-2015-0949

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0949
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-30 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-06 15:10:00 UTC
DescriptionThe System Management Mode (SMM) implementation in Dell Latitude E6430 BIOS Revision A09, HP EliteBook 850 G1 BIOS revision L71 Ver. 01.09, and possibly other BIOS implementations does not ensure that function calls operate on SMRAM memory locations, which allows local users to bypass the Secure Boot protection mechanism and gain privileges by leveraging write access to physical memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Dell Latitude E6430 - All All All
Hardware Dell Latitude E6430 - All All All
Operating System Dell Latitude E6430 Firmware a09 All All All
Operating System Dell Latitude E6430 Firmware a09 All All All
Hardware Hp Elitebook 850 G1 - All All All
Hardware Hp Elitebook 850 G1 - All All All
Operating System Hp Elitebook 850 G1 Firmware 01.09 All All All
Operating System Hp Elitebook 850 G1 Firmware 01.09 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Note VU#631788 - Multiple BIOS implementations permit unsafe SMM function calls to memory locations outside of SMRAM MISC www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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