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Uefi vulnerability signature generation using static and symbolic analysis

Shafiuzzaman et al., 2024

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16240131385059052089
Author
Shafiuzzaman M
Desai A
Sarker L
Bultan T
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arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.07166

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Since its major release in 2006, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) has become the industry standard for interfacing a computer's hardware and operating system, replacing BIOS. UEFI has higher privileged security access to system resources than any …
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