CVE-2019-18216

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-18216
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-20 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:06:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** The BIOS configuration design on ASUS ROG Zephyrus M GM501GS laptops with BIOS 313 relies on the main battery instead of using a CMOS battery, which reduces the value of a protection mechanism in which booting from a USB device is prohibited. Attackers who have physical laptop access can exhaust the main battery to reset the BIOS configuration, and then achieve direct access to the hard drive by booting a live USB OS without disassembling the laptop. NOTE: the vendor has apparently indicated that this is "normal" and use of the same battery for the BIOS and the overall system is a "new design." However, the vendor apparently plans to "improve" this an unspecified later time.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Asus Rog Zephyrus M Gm501gs - All All All
Hardware Asus Rog Zephyrus M Gm501gs - All All All
Operating System Asus Rog Zephyrus M Gm501gs Firmware - All All All
Operating System Asus Rog Zephyrus M Gm501gs Firmware - All All All

References

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