11 Old Microsoft-Signed Linux UEFI Shims Could Let Attackers Bypass Secure Boot

11 Old Microsoft-Signed Linux UEFI Shims Could Let Attackers Bypass Secure Boot

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 11 old, Microsoft-signed, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications that could be abused to bypass Secure Boot on most systems using the modern firmware standard.

“An attacker exploiting one of these vulnerable applications can execute untrusted code during system boot, enabling deployment of malicious UEFI bootkits or other malware,”The Hacker News​Read More

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