CVE-2022-22567
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 3rd percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Select Dell Client Commercial and Consumer platforms are vulnerable to an insufficient verification of data authenticity vulnerability. An authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability in order to install modified BIOS firmware.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 3rd percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 1016 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- Alienware Area 51M R1Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- Alienware Area 51M R2Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- Alienware M15 R3Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- Alienware M15 R4Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- Alienware M15 R6Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- Alienware M17 R3Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- Alienware M17 R4Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- ChengMing 3990Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- CPG BIOSHardware Firmware / bios-uefi
- alienware area 51m r1 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- alienware area 51m r2 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- alienware m15 r3 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- alienware m15 r4 firmwareHardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
- alienware m15 r6 firmwareHardware Firmware / bios-uefi
- alienware m17 r3 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- alienware m17 r4 firmwareHardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Scored 4.7 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
- Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
- Privileges Required HighRequires admin or elevated privileges
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability LowReduced performance or intermittent disruption of service
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
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