GCVE-110-CERTCC-2014-766164

Advisory PublishedCVSS 6.0/10

Vulnetix · Advisory published December 28, 2014

A race condition exists in Intel chipsets that rely solely on the BIOS_CNTL.BIOSWE and BIOS_CNTL.BLE bits as a BIOS write locking mechanism. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a bypass of this locking mechanism.

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Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0

6.0/10

Medium · AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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Intel BIOS locking mechanism contains race condition that enables write protection bypass

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Intel BIOS locking mechanism contains race condition that enables write protection bypass

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