chipsec v1.5.7 releases: Platform Security Assessment Framework

CHIPSEC is a framework for analyzing the security of PC platforms including hardware, system firmware (BIOS/UEFI), and platform components. It includes a security test suite, tools for accessing various low-level interfaces, and forensic capabilities. It can be run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and UEFI shell. Instructions for installing and using CHIPSEC can be found in the manual.

NOTE: This software is for security testing purposes. Use at your own risk. Read WARNING.txt before using.

The first version of CHIPSEC was released in March 2014: Announcement at CanSecWest 2014

The recent presentation on how to use CHIPSEC to find vulnerabilities in firmware, hypervisors and hardware configuration, explore low-level system assets and even detect firmware implants: Exploring Your System Deeper

What is Platform Security?
Hardware Implementation and Configuration
• Available Security Features
• Correct Configuration of HW Components
• Testing/Demonstration of HW Security Mechanisms
Firmware Implementation and Configuration
• Access Controls on Firmware Interfaces
• Correct Settings of Lock Bits
• Testing/Demonstration of FW Security Mechanisms

Feature:
+ System Management Mode
* CPU SMM Cache Poisoning / SMM Range Registers (SMRR)
* SMM memory (SMRAM) Lock
+ BIOS Write Protection
+ Direct HW Access for Manual Testing
+ Forensics
* Live system firmware analysis
* Offline system firmware analysis

Changelog v1.5.7

New or Updated Modules/UtilCmds:

• utilcmd.iommu_cmd – Updated command to use argparse
• utilcmd.mem_cmd – Updated command to use argparse
• utilcmd.msr_cmd – Updated command to use argparse
• utilcmd.smbus_cmd – Updated command to use argparse
• utilcmd.spi_cmd – Updated command to use argparse

Additional Changes:

• docs.sphinx.uefiinstall – Updated URLs
• hal.uefi_common – Updated to pass string not array to EFI_GUID_STR from parse_sb_db
• README.md – Updated twitter mentions
• tests.software.mock_helper – Implemented cpuid method for mock_helper

Additional Notes:

• For Windows users, please rebuild your windows driver as updates have been made.
• For Windows, Linux and MacOS: Python2 support has been deprecated as of June 2020. Please use Python3.
• Any modules under the modules.tools directory have not yet been fully validated to work with Python3.

Install

Clone chipsec Git repository and install it as a package:
git clone https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec
python setup.py install
sudo chipsec_main
To use CHIPSEC in place without installing it:
python setup.py build_ext -i
sudo python chipsec_main.py

Clone chipsec Git repository and install it as a package:
# git clone https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec
# python setup.py install
# sudo chipsec_main
To use CHIPSEC in place without installing it:
# python setup.py build_ext -i
# sudo python chipsec_main.py

NOTE: Please read chipsec-manual.pdf For Detail installation and Configuration.

Tutorial

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