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CVE-2015-2890

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

• Dell CPG BIOS: through a20; through a12; through a15; through a18; through a14; through a11

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/577140
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-9XXQ9L
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/577140
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-9XXQ9L

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