PT-2019-4264
CVE-2019-16284
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Published
2019-10-28
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Updated
2020-08-24
Description by
CVSS 2.0
9.0
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
HP products (affected versions not specified)
Description
A potential security issue has been identified that involves the possible execution of arbitrary code during boot services, which can result in elevation of privilege. The EFI BOOT SERVICES structure might be overwritten by an attacker to execute arbitrary SMM (System Management Mode) code. This issue is due to insufficient input validation in the EFI BOOT SERVICES component of HP firmware.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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