CVE-2024-0158 Privilege escalation in CPG BIOS
A local authenticated attacker with admin privileges can modify UEFI variables in Dell BIOS, causing denial of service and privilege escalation.
- 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-2024-0158?
CVE-2024-0158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Chengming 3990 Firmware, published on 2 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with admin privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to modify a UEFI variable, leading to denial of service and escalation of privileges
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0158?
It affects 388 products.
Products include Dell Alienware M15 R6 Firmware, Dell Alienware M15 R7 Firmware, Dell Alienware M16 R1 Firmware, Dell Alienware M18 R1 Firmware, Dell Alienware M18 R2 Firmware, Dell Alienware X14 R2 Firmware and 382 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0158?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0158 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-0158 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0158 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Chengming 3990 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w975-rg3f-5xr9.