244 – Authentication mechanism absence or evasion - BIOS
Description
The system lacks an authentication mechanism or has one that can be bypassed. Therefore, an attacker can access system resources by logging into the BIOS.
Impact
- Access disk information through other systems. - Modify and disabling machine configurations. - Delete all machine information by formatting the disk.
Recommendation
Put in place for every resource with business-critical functionality a strong authentication process and ensure that every user attempting to access it is logged in.
Threat
Unauthorized internal attacker.
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: P
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): H
- Integrity (VI): H
- Availability (VA): H
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: X