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CVE-2019-18913 — A potential security vulnerability with pre-boot DMA may allow unauthorized UEFI

A potential security vulnerability with pre-boot DMA may allow unauthorized UEFI code execution using open-case attacks. This industry-wide issue requires physically accessing internal expansion slots with specialized hardware and software tools to modify UEFI code in memory. Thi

CVSS
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EPSS
0.08% (top 76.40%)
CWE
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Published
2020-01-31T03:04:11.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T02:02:39.823Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A potential security vulnerability with pre-boot DMA may allow unauthorized UEFI code execution using open-case attacks. This industry-wide issue requires physically accessing internal expansion slots with specialized hardware and software tools to modify UEFI code in memory. This affects HP Intel-based Business PCs that support Microsoft Windows 10 Kernel DMA protection. Affected versions depend…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
HP Inc.HP Intelbased Business PCs that support Microsoft Windows 10 Kernel DMA protection. — Depends on platform. Prior to 01.04.02, or prior to 02.04.01, or prior to 02.04.02.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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