CVE-2019-18216 affects ASUS ROG Zephyrus M GM501GS laptops with BIOS 313, where the BIOS configuration relies on the main battery instead of a dedicated CMOS battery. This design flaw allows an attacker with physical access to deplete the main battery, resetting BIOS settings and bypassing USB boot restrictions to access the hard drive via a live USB OS. Rated 6.8 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), this vulnerability requires physical proximity and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and the vendor considers this a "new design" but plans future improvements.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asus:rog_zephyrus_m_gm501gs_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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