Group Of Vulnerabilities LogoFAIL Can Be Abused To Hijack The Boot Process

LogoFAIL is a set of security vulnerabilities impacting image-parsing components within UEFI code across different vendors. These vulnerabilities pose a risk of manipulating the booting process and deploying bootkits by seizing control of the execution flow. The vulnerabilities, found in image parsing libraries used for displaying logos during booting routines, have wide-reaching consequences, affecting both x86 and ARM architectures. Researchers from the firmware supply chain security platform Binarly highlight that the inclusion of branding introduces avoidable security threats. This flaw enables the execution of malicious payloads by injecting image files into the EFI System Partition (ESP). Read more...