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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:52:13 +0100
From: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...ian.org>
To: Mate Kukri <mate.kukri@...onical.com>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Secure Boot bypass in EDK2 based Virtual Machine
firmware
On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 03:47:23PM +0000, Mate Kukri wrote:
> That is correct in the general case, but here the issue comes from the
> fact that a copy of the Shell was included in the firmware image
> itself, and as a built-in application was implicitly trusted.
Ah, thanks for the clarification, I didn't know about the implicit trust
on "built-in applications". Out of curiosity, are there other such
applications, which could be abused?
Regards,
--
Yves-Alexis Perez
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