Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS Vulnerability: Arbitrary Writes to SMRAM
CVE-2024-25942

6.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Dell
Status
Poweredge Platform
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 March 2024

Summary

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A physical high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM.

Affected Version(s)

PowerEdge Platform < 2.19.0 

PowerEdge Platform < 2.14.0

PowerEdge Platform < 1.19.0

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000223210/dsa-20...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Physical
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dell would like to thank schur of BUPT, Dubhe Lab for reporting this issue.
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