| CVE-2023-4001 | Date: (C)2024-01-16 (M)2024-03-15 |
An authentication bypass flaw was found in GRUB due to the way that GRUB uses the UUID of a device to search for the configuration file that contains the password hash for the GRUB password protection feature. An attacker capable of attaching an external drive such as a USB stick containing a file system with a duplicate UUID (the same as in the "/boot/" file system) can bypass the GRUB password protection feature on UEFI systems, which enumerate removable drives before non-removable ones. This issue was introduced in a downstream patch in Red Hat's version of grub2 and does not affect the upstream package.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 6.8 | CVSS Score : |
| Exploit Score: 0.9 | Exploit Score: |
| Impact Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: |
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| Attack Vector: PHYSICAL | Access Vector: |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: |
| Privileges Required: NONE | Authentication: |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: |
| Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: |
| Integrity: HIGH | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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