Dell Client Platform contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability.
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.
- Published
- Jun 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 15th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
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Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.8
- CNA · dell
- 6.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| dell | xps 17 9700 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:xps_17_9700_firmware |
| dell | xps 17 9700 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:xps_17_9700 |
| dell | xps 15 9500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:xps_15_9500_firmware |
| dell | xps 15 9500 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:xps_15_9500 |
| dell | vostro 7500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:vostro_7500_firmware |
| dell | vostro 7500 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:vostro_7500 |
| dell | precision 5750 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:precision_5750_firmware |
| dell | precision 5750 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:precision_5750 |
| dell | precision 5550 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:precision_5550_firmware |
| dell | precision 5550 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:precision_5550 |
| dell | latitude 3520 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_3520_firmware |
| dell | latitude 3520 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_3520 |
and 18 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- dell g3 3500 firmwarebefore 1.30.0
- dell g5 5500 firmwarebefore 1.30.0
- dell g7 7500 firmwarebefore 1.32.0
- dell g7 7700 firmwarebefore 1.32.0
- dell inspiron 7500 firmwarebefore 1.28.0
- dell inspiron 7501 firmwarebefore 1.28.0
- dell latitude 3410 firmwarebefore 1.29.0
- dell latitude 3420 firmwarebefore 1.36.0
- dell latitude 3510 firmwarebefore 1.29.0
- dell latitude 3520 firmwarebefore 1.36.0
- dell precision 5550 firmwarebefore 1.31.0
- dell precision 5750 firmwarebefore 1.30.0
- dell vostro 7500 firmwarebefore 1.28.0
- dell xps 15 9500 firmwarebefore 1.31.0
- dell xps 17 9700 firmwarebefore 1.30.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (dell). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Dell CPG BIOS
- N/A and later · before 1.32.0affected · semver
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dell CPG BIOS | 1.32.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Ben McEwan, Penetration TesterBridewell (www.bridewell.com) for reporting this issue.finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Physical access to the device is required.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.