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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2024-38798

Medium
5.8/10

Summary

EDK2 versions prior to "stable202511" contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to possible Information Disclosure or escalation of privilege and impact Confidentiality.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • LOW

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published