Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU16724

Authentication bypass in edk2 - CVE-2018-3613

Published: December 27, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16724

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3613

CWE-ID: CWE-840

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: TianoCore

Affected software:
edk2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to logic error in MdeModulePkg. A local attacker can bypass configuration access controls and gain elevated privileges.

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