CVE-2022-34383 Command injection in Edge Gateway 5200

High 8.1 Published Updated

A local attacker can exploit a command injection flaw to bypass mitigations and execute arbitrary code during System Management Mode.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-34383?

CVE-2022-34383 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell Edge Gateway 5200, published on 31 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell Edge Gateway 5200 (EGW) versions before 1.03.10 contain an operating system command injection vulnerability. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to bypass PMC mitigation and gain arbitrary code execution during SMM.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34383?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Edge Gateway 5200 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34383?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34383 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2022-34383 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qx9p-wm6x-9cmf.

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