CVE-2015-6856 (GCVE-0-2015-6856)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:36
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Summary
Dell Pre-Boot Authentication Driver (PBADRV.sys) 1.0.1.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges via a 0x0022201c IOCTL call.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-12-18 00:00
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