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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since the EFI partition is unencrypted, physical access would do the trick here too, even with every firmware/software security measure.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but this was the case without this finding, wasn't it? With write access to the EFI you could replace the boot loader and do whatever you please.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Unless a proper secure boot + FDE setup is in place.