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Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I wonder if Matt calculated CVSS score before calling this vulnerability "critical".

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

It’s the last sentence of the article - 9.8/10. In this case it’s probably called critical because of the potential consequences of the exploit being a full machine takeover, not the likeliness of the exploit being used.

[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It means that CVSS is calculated wrong. It can't be so big because default configuration is not affected and attacker requires admin access to change it.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Admin or physical access.