HP Notebook Firmware F.22 BIOS Password credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Notebook Firmware F.22. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component BIOS. The manipulation results in credentials management (Password). This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-2751. An attack on the physical device is feasible. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Notebook Firmware F.22. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the component BIOS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2018. The weakness was released 10/03/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at support.hp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-2751 since 11/30/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 252 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Credentials management / Password
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/30/2016 🔍
01/24/2018 +419 days 🔍
10/03/2018 +251 days 🔍
10/03/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/04/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/29/2020 +542 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: support.hp.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-2751 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2751
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124746

Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2018 07:51
Updated: 03/29/2020 12:31
Changes: 10/04/2018 07:51 (59), 03/29/2020 12:31 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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