CVE-2019-18579 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2019-18579

Settings for the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) BIOS versions...

Vulnerability Description

Settings for the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) BIOS versions prior to 1.1.3 contain a configuration vulnerability. The BIOS configuration for the "Enable Thunderbolt (and PCIe behind TBT) pre-boot modules" setting is enabled by default. A local unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a user's system can obtain read or write access to main memory via a DMA attack during platform boot.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

CPG BIOS
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: December 16th, 2019
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-16

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.