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Configuration

CVE-2019-18579

Medium
6.8/10

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.

  • LOW
  • PHYSICAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-16 - Configuration

Weaknesses in this category are typically introduced during the configuration of the software.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published