CVE-2015-6856

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.