CVE-2019-18579 (GCVE-0-2019-18579)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-16 19:45 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:31
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Summary
Settings for the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) BIOS versions prior to 1.1.3 contain a configuration vulnerability. The BIOS configuration for the "Enable Thunderbolt (and PCIe behind TBT) pre-boot modules" setting is enabled by default. A local unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a user's system can obtain read or write access to main memory via a DMA attack during platform boot.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
dell CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 70/100 over 442 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell CPG BIOS Affected: unspecified , < 1.1.3 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-12-05 00:00
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