CWE-1234

Hardware Internal or Debug Modes Allow Override of Locks

System configuration protection may be bypassed during debug mode.

CVE-2023-44297 (GCVE-0-2023-44297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-05 15:52 – Updated: 2024-08-02 19:59
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Summary
Dell PowerEdge platforms 16G Intel E5 BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS, version 1.4.4, contain active debug code security vulnerability. An unauthenticated physical attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure, information tampering, code execution, denial of service.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-1234 - Hardware Internal or Debug Modes Allow Override of Locks
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Dell PowerEdge BIOS Affected: Version 1.4.4
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CVE-2023-44298 (GCVE-0-2023-44298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-05 15:57 – Updated: 2024-08-02 19:59
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Summary
Dell PowerEdge platforms 16G Intel E5 BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS, version 1.4.4, contain active debug code security vulnerability. An unauthenticated physical attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information tampering, code execution, denial of service.
Severity ?
3.6 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-1234 - Hardware Internal or Debug Modes Allow Override of Locks
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Vendor Product Version
Dell PowerEdge BIOS Affected: Version 1.4.4
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CVE-2025-59104 (GCVE-0-2025-59104)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-26 10:05 – Updated: 2026-01-26 15:12
VLAI?
Title
Unlocked Bootloader in dormakaba access manager
Summary
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Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
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Assigner
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Vendor Product Version
dormakaba Access Manager 92xx-k7 Affected: 92xx-k7: <BAME 06.00
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Credits
Clemens Stockenreitner, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Werner Schober, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab
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Mitigation

Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation, Testing

Description:

  • Security Lock bit protections should be reviewed for any bypass/override modes supported.
  • Any supported override modes either should be removed or protected using authenticated debug modes.
  • Security lock programming flow and lock properties should be tested in pre-silicon and post-silicon testing.
CAPEC-176: Configuration/Environment Manipulation

An attacker manipulates files or settings external to a target application which affect the behavior of that application. For example, many applications use external configuration files and libraries - modification of these entities or otherwise affecting the application's ability to use them would constitute a configuration/environment manipulation attack.

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