CVE-2025-29989
What it is
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to BIOS upgrade denial.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% 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: 0.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 3.1 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-1328
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Dell Precision 5820 Tower Firmware < 2.42.0
- Dell Precision 7820 Tower Firmware < 2.46.0
- Dell Precision 7920 Tower Firmware < 2.46.0
- Dell Precision 7865 Tower Firmware < 1.18.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 3.1
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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