AMD: Critical vulnerability on Ryzen CPUs, discover solutions

An attacker can circumvent AMD Processor's restrictions, via Microcode Signature Verification, in order to raise his privileges. See online: https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/...

If you are doing critical work on a computer with a Ryzen Zen 1 to 4 generation, you may want to update the BIOS.

News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. AMD prepares the deployment of new versions of BIOS/UEFI based on the AGESA V2 1.2.0.E microcode, aimed at solving a security vulnerability that affects a wide range of Zen 2, Zen 3 and Zen 4 processors. Identified as CVE-2024-36347, this failure was initially reported by Google researchers and would allow an attacker with administrator privileges to load unsigned maliciou…

Earlier this month and in silence, AMD warned of a medium-grade vulnerability for some of its CPUs, which was discovered by Google researchers. Today we have the first sample that the reds are not going to let go of users, and this we know by certain key details: new Checksum and new version of AGESA V2 1.2.0.E (AM4) to patch the vulnerability called CVE-2024-36347, but, what is it about? Named “AMD Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability…