PT-2018-4023
CVE-2009-5151
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Published
2018-05-11
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Updated
2018-06-14
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.2
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Absolute Computrace Agent version V70.785
Description
The issue allows attackers to execute code on the BIOS by exploiting the stub component of the Absolute Computrace Agent, which executes code from a disk's inter-partition space without requiring a digital signature. This enables a privileged local user to achieve persistent control of BIOS behavior, independent of later disk changes.
Recommendations
For Absolute Computrace Agent version V70.785, consider disabling the stub component until a patch is available to prevent execution of unsigned code from the disk's inter-partition space.
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