CVE-2017-2751 describes a BIOS password extraction vulnerability affecting certain HP consumer notebooks launched in early 2014, specifically those with firmware F.22 and others. The vulnerability stems from the BIOS password being stored in CMOS in an extractable format. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), this physical attack vector (AV:P) allows an attacker with physical access to the device to compromise the confidentiality of the BIOS password (C:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or significant community discussion has been observed.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< f.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp_240_g1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< f.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp_245_g1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< f.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp_1000-1300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< f.47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp_250_g1_notebook_pc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< f.47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp_255_g1_notebook_pc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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