CVE-2017-3197

GIGABYTE BRIX UEFI firmware for the GB-BSi7H-6500 (version F6) and GB-BXi7-5775 (version F2) platforms does not securely implement BIOSWE, BLE, SMM_BWP, and PRx features. As a result, the BIOS is not protected from arbitrary write access and may permit modifications to the SPI flash.

Weakness

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

Affected Software

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/107.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/127.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/17.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/237.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/36.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/477.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/480.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/51.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/65.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/668.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/87.html

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97294
• https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2017-01-001.md
• https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2017-01-002.md
• https://www.cylance.com/en_us/blog/gigabyte-brix-systems-vulnerabilities.html
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507496
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97294
• https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2017-01-001.md
• https://github.com/CylanceVulnResearch/disclosures/blob/master/CLVA-2017-01-002.md
• https://www.cylance.com/en_us/blog/gigabyte-brix-systems-vulnerabilities.html
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507496