Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers at ESET have unveiled what they claim to be the first-ever UEFI rootkit being used in the wild, allowing hackers to implant persistent malware on the targeted computers that could survive a complete hard-drive wipe. Dubbed LoJax , the UEFI rootkit is part of a malware...

Google Android Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-19564)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Android, which stems from the program writing uninitialized memory to flash memory when processing the 'writedeviceinfoflash' function. A...

Android Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-12805)

Android on Google Pixel and Nexus is a Linux-based open source operating system for the Google Pixel and Nexus smartphones developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in versions of Android prior to 2018-06-05 on Google Pixel and Nexus...

CVE-2017-3197

GIGABYTE BRIX UEFI firmware for the GB-BSi7H-6500 version F6 and GB-BXi7-5775 version F2 platforms does not securely implement BIOSWE, BLE, SMMBWP, and PRx features. As a result, the BIOS is not protected from arbitrary write access and may permit modifications to the SPI flash...

CVE-2018-4251

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Firmware" component. It allows attackers to modify the EFI flash-memory region that a crafted app that has root access...

CVE-2018-4251

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Firmware" component. It allows attackers to modify the EFI flash-memory region that a crafted app that has root access...

Apple Mac OS X Security Updates (HT208849)-01

Apple Mac OS X is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

The vulnerability affects the implementation of the AMD Secure Processor technology in CPUs such as Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, Ryzen Mobile, and EPYC Server. This allows malicious code to be injected into a computer’s BIOS.

The vulnerability of AMD Secure Processor-based processors, such as Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, Ryzen Mobile, and EPYC Server, stems from the absence of a mechanism for detecting damage to flash memory contents. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker who has access to the targeted computer and...

The vulnerability affects the implementation of the AMD Secure Processor technology in CPUs such as Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, Ryzen Mobile, and EPYC Server. This allows malicious code to be injected into a computer’s BIOS.

The vulnerability of AMD Secure Processor-based processors, such as Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, Ryzen Mobile, and EPYC Server, stems from the absence of a mechanism for detecting damage to flash memory contents. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker who has access to the targeted computer and...

Input validation

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite system files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient...

CVE-2018-0122

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite system files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient...

CVE-2018-0122

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite system files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient...

CVE-2018-0122

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite system files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient...

CVE-2018-0122

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite system files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient...

Cisco StarOS File Overwrite Vulnerability

Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers is a 5000 Series security router appliance from Cisco USA. the Cisco StarOS operating system is a set of virtualized operating systems that run on them. A file overwrite vulnerability exists in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system in the...

Cisco StarOS for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers File Overwrite Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite system files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient...

CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 BIOS Privilege Vulnerability

The CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 are both mini-PC devices from CompuLab Israel. the BIOS is a ROM on-chip application. A BIOS privilege vulnerability exists in CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 using versions of BIOS prior to 2017-05-21, which stems from the program's failure to apply write...

CVE-2017-8083

CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges...

CVE-2017-8083

CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges...

CVE-2017-8083

CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges...