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CVE-2009-5151

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.7 Published: 2018-05-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The stub component of Absolute Computrace Agent V70.785 executes code from a disk's inter-partition space without requiring a digital signature for that code, which allows attackers to execute code on the BIOS. This allows a privileged local user to achieve persistent control of BIOS behavior, independent of later disk changes.

Affected Platforms

Absolute Computrace Agent

Weakness Type

CWE-284

References