Vulnerabilities affecting multiple Gigabyte firmware implementations could allow attackers to disable UEFI security mechanisms and take control of the impacted systems, security researchers have discovered.
The issues were discovered in the System Management Mode (SMM), a highly privileged CPU mode that handles low-level system operations, allowing UEFI to interact directly with the hardware.
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