# CVE-2024-52537: Path traversal in Dell Client Platform BIOS

> A local high-privileged attacker can exploit improper link resolution in the Dell BIOS update utility to achieve privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-86jp-9fvq-qr9r

## What is CVE-2024-52537?

CVE-2024-52537 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Client Platform BIOS, published on 11 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell Client Platform Firmware Update Utility contains an Improper Link Resolution vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access), CWE-61 (UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52537?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Dock Hd22q Firmware Update Utility, Dell Dock Wd19 Firmware Update Utility, Dell Dock Wd22tb4 Firmware Update Utility.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52537?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52537 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52537 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52537 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52537 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52537 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Client Platform BIOS, published on 11 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52537 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Client Platform BIOS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52537/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52537/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52537
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52537
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52537

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52537/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.