The ME blobs dumped in this directory come from the following link: https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER04573471M/1/Inspiron_5468_1.3.0.exe This provides ME version 11.6.0.1126. In this version CVE-2017-5705 has not yet been fixed. See https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00086.html Therefore, Bootguard can be disabled by deguard with a patched ME. 1.0.0:Automatically extract, neuter and deguard me.bin download_clean_me.sh : Downloads vulnerable ME from Dell verify checksum, extract ME, neuters ME, relocate and trim it, then apply deguard patch and place it into me.bin sha256sum: 1990b42df67ba70292f4f6e2660efb909917452dcb9bd4b65ea2f86402cfa16b me.bin 1.0.1: Extract blobs from original rom: extract.sh: takes backup, unlocks ifd, apply me_cleaner to neuter, relocate, trim and deguard it, modify BIOS and ME region of IFD and place output files into this dir. sha256sum: will vary depending of IFD and ME extracted where IFD regions of BIOS and ME should be consistent. 1.1: More blobs -------------------- ifd.bin was extracted from a T480 from an external flashrom backup. sha256sum: f2f6d5fb0a5e02964b494862032fd93f1f88e2febd9904b936083600645c7fdf ifd.bin sha256sum: 6b7f3912995fb87ae62956e009470b35b72b5b9a4bfd7bed48da429af9804866 gbe.bin ------------------------ Notes: as specified in first link, this ME can be deployed to: T480 and T480s