CVE-2017-2751
What it is
A BIOS password extraction vulnerability has been reported on certain consumer notebooks with firmware F.22 and others. The BIOS password was stored in CMOS in a way that allowed it to be extracted. This applies to consumer notebooks launched in early 2014.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited with physical access without logging in. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.6 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- HP 240 g1 Firmware < f.48
- HP 245 g1 Firmware < f.48
- HP 1000-1300 Firmware < f.48
- HP 250 g1 Notebook Pc Firmware < f.47
- HP 255 g1 Notebook Pc Firmware < f.47
- HP Envy 15-j000 Firmware < f.22
- HP Envy 15-j100 Firmware < f.71
- HP Pavilion 15-n000 Firmware < f.72
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 4.6
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
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