Dell CPG BIOS up to 1.31.16 Setting authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Dell CPG BIOS. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-0160. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell CPG BIOS and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Client Platform contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability. An attacker with physical access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability by bypassing BIOS authorization to modify settings in the BIOS.

The weakness was presented by Ben Mcewan as dsa-2024-122. The advisory is shared at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-0160 since 12/14/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.32.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• CPG BIOS

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.28
• 1.4.1
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.7.0
• 1.8.0
• 1.8.1
• 1.9.0
• 1.10.0
• 1.11.0
• 1.12.0
• 1.12.1
• 1.13.0
• 1.13.1
• 1.13.2
• 1.14.0
• 1.14.1
• 1.15.0
• 1.15.1
• 1.16.0
• 1.17.0
• 1.17.1
• 1.18.0
• 1.18.1
• 1.19.0
• 1.20.0
• 1.21.0
• 1.22.0
• 1.22.1
• 1.23.0
• 1.24.0
• 1.24.1
• 1.25.0
• 1.26.0
• 1.26.1
• 1.26.8
• 1.27.0
• 1.27.1
• 1.28.0
• 1.29.0
• 1.29.1
• 1.30.0
• 1.31.0
• 1.31.1
• 1.31.2
• 1.31.3
• 1.31.4
• 1.31.5
• 1.31.6
• 1.31.7
• 1.31.8
• 1.31.9
• 1.31.10
• 1.31.11
• 1.31.12
• 1.31.13
• 1.31.14
• 1.31.15
• 1.31.16

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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