ACER Travelmate 600 and 800 series - Smartcard flawed Implementation

Background ------------------- Acer Travelmate 600, 800 series notebooks include a smartcard reader, two smartcards and a security application called Platinum Secure. The smart card security system should prevent access to the console while the smartcard is not present or when password has not be...

Unauthorized ACER Travelmate access

If smart card protection is used it's still possible to access system for short time...

OEM BIOS like acer

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