Microsoft Windows Modify Firmware Environment Values Privilege privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Modify Firmware Environment Values Privilege. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 01/01/1999. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/11/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (253). Similar entries are available at 88199, 88198, 88196 and 88194.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Config
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06/28/2016 +4873 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined
X-Force: 253
Vulnerability Center: 1037 - User with Modify Firmware Environment Values Privilege Detected, Info

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2016 13:21
Updated: 02/11/2019 14:14
Changes: 06/28/2016 13:21 (35), 02/11/2019 14:14 (8)
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