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CVE-2024-52541: Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Weak Authentication vulnerability.

HighCVSS 8.2 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS 1.1.44, 1.10.0, 1.14.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS 1.1.44, 1.10.0, 1.14.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Weak Authentication vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

Published
Feb 19, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 5th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · dell
8.2
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
dellalienware m15 r6 firmware
dellalienware m15 r6
dellalienware m15 r7 firmware
dellalienware m15 r7
dellalienware m16 r1 firmware
dellalienware m16 r1
dellalienware m16 r2 firmware
dellalienware m16 r2
dellalienware m18 r1 firmware
dellalienware m18 r1
delllatitude 5300 2-in-1 firmware
delllatitude 5300 2-in-1

and 188 more

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 Dell Client Platform BIOS

    • N/A and later · before 1.34.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.28.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.21.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.8.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.9.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.17.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.7.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.26.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.20.0affected · semver
    • N/A and later · before 1.31.1affected · semver
Affected versions · NVD (20)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • dell alienware m15 r6 firmwarebefore 1.34.0
  • dell alienware m15 r7 firmwarebefore 1.28.0
  • dell alienware m16 r1 firmwarebefore 1.21.0
  • dell alienware m16 r2 firmwarebefore 1.8.0
  • dell alienware m18 r1 firmwarebefore 1.21.0
  • dell alienware m18 r2 firmwarebefore 1.9.0
  • dell alienware x14 r2 firmwarebefore 1.17.0
  • dell alienware x16 r1 firmwarebefore 1.17.0
  • dell alienware x16 r2 firmwarebefore 1.7.0
  • dell chengming 3900 firmwarebefore 1.26.0
  • dell chengming 3910 firmwarebefore 1.20.0
  • dell chengming 3911 firmwarebefore 1.20.0
  • dell chengming 3990 firmwarebefore 1.31.1
  • dell chengming 3991 firmwarebefore 1.31.1
  • dell edge gateway 3001 firmwarebefore 1.20.0
  • dell edge gateway 3002 firmwarebefore 1.20.0
  • dell edge gateway 3003 firmwarebefore 1.20.0
  • dell edge gateway 5000 firmwarebefore 1.30.0
  • dell embedded box pc 3000 firmwarebefore 1.26.0
  • dell embedded box pc 5000 firmwarebefore 1.27.0

Same product

dell: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-34403 Dell BIOS contains a Stack based buffer overflow vulnerability.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2022-26861Dell BIOS versions contain an Insecure Automated Optimization vulnerability.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2022-26860Dell BIOS versions contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
    31Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-28064Jun 23, 2023 · Dell BIOS contains an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability.
    18Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-22448Apr 10, 2024 · Dell BIOS contains an Out-of-Bounds Write vulnerability.
    17Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-0158Jul 2, 2024 · Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.1.44Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.10.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.14.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.15.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.16.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.17.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.18.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.18.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.19.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.20.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.21.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.21.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.22.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.23.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.23.2Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.24.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.25.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.25.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.26.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.26.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.27.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.27.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.28.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.28.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.29.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.30.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.30.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.31.0Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.31.1Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS1.31.2Vendor (CNA)

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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.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are 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

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-1390 · Weak Authentication

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

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.

References

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