BIOS PrivEsc Bugs Affect Hundreds of Millions of Dell PCs Worldwide
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-21551 | Local Privilege Escalation in Dell dbutil_2_3.sys Driver | 7.8 | 80% | KEVPoC ×2 | KEV |
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PC maker Dell has issued an update to fix multiple critical privilege escalation vulnerabilities that went undetected since 2009, potentially allowing attackers to gain kernel-mode privileges and cause a denial-of-service condition. The issues, reported to Dell by researchers from SentinelOne on Dec. 1, 2020, reside in a firmware update driver named "dbutil_2_3.
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