Nov. 29, 2022, 4:39 p.m. | noreply@blogger.com (Ravie Lakshmanan)

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Acer has released a firmware update to address a security vulnerability that could be potentially weaponized to turn off UEFI Secure Boot on affected machines.
Tracked as CVE-2022-4020, the high-severity vulnerability affects five different models that consist of Aspire A315-22, A115-21, and A315-22G, and Extensa EX215-21 and EX215-21G.

The PC maker described the vulnerability as

acer attackers boot flaw protection secure boot

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