Medium severity · published May 11, 2018
CVE-2009-5151
The stub component of Absolute Computrace Agent V70.785 executes code from a disk's inter-partition space without requiring a digital signature for that code, which allows…
6.7
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The stub component of Absolute Computrace Agent V70.785 executes code from a disk's inter-partition space without requiring a digital signature for that code, which allows attackers to execute code on the BIOS. This allows a privileged local user to achieve persistent control of BIOS behavior, independent of later disk changes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Computrace Agent · Absolute
70.785 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5151
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5151
Exploit
https://www.coresecurity.com/system/files/publications/2016/05/Paper-Deactivate-the-Rootkit-AOrtega-ASacco.pdf
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