| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.9 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Dell BIOS. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SMM. Performing a manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-26862. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Dell BIOS (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component SMM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Prior Dell BIOS versions contain an Input Validation vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious input to an SMI in order to bypass security controls in SMM.
The weakness was published 06/24/2022 as dsa-2022-096. The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-26862 since 03/10/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/14/2022).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.dell.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 6.3
CNA Vector (Dell): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
03/10/2022 🔍06/24/2022 🔍
06/24/2022 🔍
07/14/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: dell.comAdvisory: dsa-2022-096
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-26862 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26862
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-202605
Entry
Created: 06/24/2022 07:53Updated: 07/14/2022 09:16
Changes: 06/24/2022 07:53 (48), 07/14/2022 09:16 (18)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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