CVE-2024-0161
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 9th 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
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM.
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
0.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 9th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 328 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- poweredge t360 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- poweredge r360 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- poweredge r650 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- poweredge r750 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- poweredge r750xa firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- poweredge c6520 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- poweredge mx750c firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- poweredge r550 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- PowerEdge R650Hardware Firmware / storage-nas
- PowerEdge R750Hardware Firmware / storage-nas
- PowerEdge R750XAHardware Firmware / storage-nas
- PowerEdge C6520Hardware Firmware / storage-nas
- PowerEdge MX750CHardware Firmware / storage-nas
- PowerEdge R550Hardware Firmware / storage-nas
- PowerEdge R450Hardware Firmware / storage-nas
- PowerEdge R650XSHardware Firmware / storage-nas
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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:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Scored 7.2 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 ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Initial AccessT1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationlow confidence
Sources
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