CVE-2024-0161 Privilege escalation in PowerEdge Platform
A local low-privileged attacker can exploit improper SMM buffer verification in Dell PowerEdge BIOS to write arbitrarily to SMRAM, enabling 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-2024-0161?
CVE-2024-0161 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerEdge Platform, published on 13 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0161?
It affects 86 products.
Products include Dell Dss 8440 Firmware, Dell Emc Storage Nx3240 Firmware, Dell Emc Storage Nx3340 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core 6420 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc450 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc640 Firmware and 80 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0161?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0161 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-0161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerEdge Platform
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p4jv-rmcf-2fhh.