High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-6856
CVE-2015-6856
Description
Dell Pre-Boot Authentication Driver (PBADRV.sys) 1.0.1.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges via a 0x0022201c IOCTL call.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:dell:pre-boot_authentication_driver:1.0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dell:pre-boot_authentication_driver:1.0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =1.0.1.5
Patches
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References
5- packetstormsecurity.com/files/134987/Dell-Authentication-Driver-Uncontrolled-Write.htmlnvdExploit
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/81nvdExploit
- www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2015-008.txtnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537161/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/79643nvd
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