A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06, where it incorrectly enables the usage of the ACPI command when Secure Boot is enabled. This flaw allows an attacker with privileged access to craft a Secondary System Description Table (SSDT) containing code to overwrite the Linux kernel lockdown variable content directly into memory. The table is further loaded and executed by the kernel, defeating its Secure Boot lockdown and allowing the attacker to load unsigned code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity, as well as system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-03-03T16:40:36

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:46:33.294Z

Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-14372

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-03T17:15:11.583

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:17:11.843

Link: CVE-2020-14372

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-03-02T18:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-14372 - Bugzilla