CVE-2015-2890

MEDIUM

Dell Latitude/OptiPlex/Precision - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The BIOS implementation on Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision Mobile Workstation, and Precision Workstation Client Solutions (CS) devices with model-dependent firmware before A21 does not enforce a BIOS_CNTL locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging console access, a similar issue to CVE-2015-3692.

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 6.0
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 54.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

dell/bios < a20
dell/bios

Timeline

Published Aug 01, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026