Signed by Microsoft, the vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders could be abused on any system, regardless of the OS.
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UEFI Vulnerability in Major Motherboards Enables Early-Boot Attacks
ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI motherboards are vulnerable to early-boot DMA attacks.
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Flaw in Industrial Computer Maker’s UEFI Apps Enables Secure Boot Bypass on Many Devices
Vulnerable DTResearch UEFI firmware applications can be used in BYOVD attacks to bypass Secure Boot.
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PKfail Vulnerability Allows Secure Boot Bypass on Hundreds of Computer Models
A vulnerability dubbed PKfail can allow attackers to run malicious code during the boot process, which can be used to deliver UEFI bootkits.
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Hundreds of PC, Server Models Possibly Affected by Serious Phoenix UEFI Vulnerability
Hundreds of PC and server models may be affected by CVE-2024-0762, a privilege escalation and code execution flaw in Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware.
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Remotely Exploitable ‘PixieFail’ Flaws Found in Tianocore EDK II PXE Implementation
Quarkslab finds serious, remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in EDK II, the de-facto open source reference implementation of the UEFI spec.
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Enterprise, Consumer Devices Exposed to Attacks via Malicious UEFI Logo Images
LogoFAIL is an UEFI image parser attack allowing hackers to compromise consumer and enterprise devices using malicious logo images.
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NSA Issues Guidance on Mitigating BlackLotus Bootkit Infections
The National Security Agency (NSA) has released mitigation guidance to help organizations stave off BlackLotus UEFI bootkit infections.
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