CVE-2023-28075
What it is
Dell BIOS contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use vulnerability in BIOS. A local authenticated malicious user with physical access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability by using a specifically timed DMA transaction during an SMI in order to gain arbitrary code execution on the system.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited with physical access with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-367
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Dell Alienware m15 r7 Firmware < 1.18.0
- Dell Alienware m16 Firmware < 1.10.1
- Dell Alienware m18 Firmware < 1.10.1
- Dell Chengming 3900 Firmware < 1.15.0
- Dell Chengming 3901 Firmware < 1.15.0
- Dell Chengming 3910 Firmware < 1.6.0
- Dell Chengming 3911 Firmware < 1.6.0
- Dell Chengming 3980 Firmware < 2.32.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.9
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000212817/dsa-2023-152-security-update-for-a-dell-client-bios-vulnerability
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000212817/dsa-2023-152-security-update-for-a-dell-client-bios-vulnerability