CVE-2024-39707 — Insyde IHISI function 0x49 can restore factory defaults for certain UEFI variabl

Insyde IHISI function 0x49 can restore factory defaults for certain UEFI variables without further authentication by default, which could lead to a possible roll-back attack in certain platforms. This is fixed in: kernel 5.2, version 05.29.19; kernel 5.3, version 05.38.19; kernel

01What is this vulnerability?

Insyde IHISI function 0x49 can restore factory defaults for certain UEFI variables without further authentication by default, which could lead to a possible roll-back attack in certain platforms. This is fixed in: kernel 5.2, version 05.29.19; kernel 5.3, version 05.38.19; kernel 5.4, version 05.46.19; kernel 5.5, version 05.54.19; kernel 5.6, version 05.61.19.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2024-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-27T17:11:25.684Z

09References

• www.insyde.com — https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2024007