Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska´s Black Hat flaw
August 27, 2008 15:52
Intel has shipped a BIOS update with a fix for a privilege escalation vulnerability that was used by rootkit researcher Joanna Rutkowska to bluepill the Xen hypervisor.
The vulnerability was discussed by Rutkowska at the Black Hat briefings earlier this month but details on the exploit were withheld until Intel could release its patch.
That patch is [...]