VDB-132485 · CVE-2018-12179 · GCVE-0-2018-12179

EDK II config

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in EDK II and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to config. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-12179. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EDK II (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-16. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

The bug was discovered 05/09/2019. The weakness was published 03/27/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at edk2-docs.gitbooks.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-12179 since 06/11/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592.004 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

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EDK II

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Config
CWE: CWE-16
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/11/2018 🔍
03/27/2019 +289 days 🔍
03/28/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/09/2019 +42 days 🔍
08/08/2023 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2019-d47a9d4b8b
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-12179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132485
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2019 11:32
Updated: 08/08/2023 18:07
Changes: 03/28/2019 11:32 (53), 05/22/2020 07:13 (2), 08/08/2023 18:07 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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