CVE-2024-0171

June 25, 2024, 6:50 p.m.

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS

Description

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an TOCTOU race condition vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to otherwise unauthorized resources.

Weaknesses

CWE-367
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

CWE ID: 367

Date

Published: June 25, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified: June 25, 2024, 6:50 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security_alert@emc.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability Score
1.1
Impact Score
3.7
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References