Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-41289 (CCN-213474)

Assigned:2021-11-15
Published:2021-11-15
Updated:2021-12-13
Summary:ASUS P453UJ contains the Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability. With a general user’s permission, local attackers can modify the BIOS by replacing or filling in the content of the designated Memory DataBuffer, which causing a failure of integrity verification and further resulting in a failure to boot.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.1 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
6.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
6.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:3.6 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-119
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-41289

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
asus-cve202141289-dos(213474)

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.asus.com/tw/supportonly/P453UJ/HelpDesk_BIOS/

Source: CCN
Type: ASUS Web site
ASUS P453UJ BIOS

Source: CCN
Type: TWCERT TVN-202109034
ASUS P453UJ - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-5284-35790-1.html

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:asus:p453uj_bios:311:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:asus:p453uj:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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