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Researchers from Binarly disclosed several high-severity vulnerabilities in firmware used in HP business computers to the company more than a year ago. Some of the flaws remain unpatched, even after Binarly publicly disclosed them at Black Hat last month. The vulnerabilities could be exploited to steal data or even shut down an affected computer.

HP has made available an updated version of its Support Assistant tool to address a high severity flaw that could be exploited to gain elevated privileges on vulnerable systems. Support Assistant comes pre-installed on HP laptop and desktop computers, as well as on Omen devices. The flaw is a DLL hijacking issue that occurs when …