PT-2016-3725

CVE-2015-6856

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Published

2016-01-08

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Updated

2018-10-09

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CVSS 2.0
7.2
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dell Pre-Boot Authentication Driver version 1.0.1.5
Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by writing to arbitrary physical memory locations. This is achieved via a specific IOCTL call, 0x0022201c.
Recommendations For version 1.0.1.5, consider restricting access to the IOCTL call 0x0022201c to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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