CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-2890

6.0 MEDIUM Published 2015-08-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-08-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The BIOS implementation on Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision Mobile Workstation, and Precision Workstation Client Solutions (CS) devices with model-dependent firmware before A21 does not enforce a BIOS_CNTL locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging console access, a similar issue to CVE-2015-3692.

Affected configurations

• dell bios (<= a20) • dell bios (<= a12) • dell bios (<= a15) • dell bios (<= a18) • dell bios (<= a14) • dell bios a13 • dell bios (<= a11) • dell bios (<= a10) • dell bios (<= a17)

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