UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.
    • _edge@discuss.tchncs.de
      14·
      1 year ago

      Yes, that’s my understanding. A normal user cannot do this. (And of course, an attacker shouldn’t not control a local user in the first place.)

      Physical access is also a risk, but physical access trumps everything.

          • Murdoc
            4·
            1 year ago

            Ah, so the next Air Bud movie will be what, Hack Bud?
            “There’s nothing in the specifications that says that a dog can’t have admin access.”
            “Nothing but 'net!”

    • fl42v@lemmy.ml
      6·
      1 year ago

      Unless they find another way to escalate privileges… A bug, a random binary with suid, etc