CVE-2024-0163 Race condition in PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A local low-privileged attacker can exploit a TOCTOU race condition in Dell PowerEdge BIOS to access unauthorized resources and escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-0163?

CVE-2024-0163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G, 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 a TOCTOU race condition vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to otherwise unauthorized resources.

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0163?

It affects 58 products.

Products include Dell Emc Xc Core Xc450 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc650 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc6520 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc750 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc750xa Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc7525 Firmware and 52 more.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-0163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m88f-jj9j-8c3p.

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