CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-18579
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-12-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-16
Description
Settings for the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) BIOS versions prior to 1.1.3 contain a configuration vulnerability. The BIOS configuration for the "Enable Thunderbolt (and PCIe behind TBT) pre-boot modules" setting is enabled by default. A local unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a user's system can obtain read or write access to main memory via a DMA attack during platform boot.
Affected configurations
• dell xps 7390 firmware (< 1.1.3)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN319808 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN319808 Patch, Vendor Advisory