BUSINESS NOTEBOOK PCS BIOS; BUSINESS DESKTOP PCS BIOS; RETAIL POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEMS BIOS; WORKSTATIONS BIOS vulnerability

What happened

Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in UEFI firmware (BIOS) for some PC products which may allow escalation of privilege and arbitrary code execution.

Affected versions

BUSINESS NOTEBOOK PCS BIOS; BUSINESS DESKTOP PCS BIOS; RETAIL POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEMS BIOS; WORKSTATIONS BIOS: before 01.12.00; before 01.08.00; before 01.19.00; before 01.08.02; before 01.08.01; before 02.17.00; before 02.18.00; before 02.12.00; before 02.10.00; before 02.07.00; before 02.03.00; before 02.75; before 2.58 Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

• Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
• Review affected product exposure and access logs.