CVE-2023-28075
high-risk
Published 2023-08-16
Dell BIOS contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use vulnerability in BIOS. A local authenticated malicious user with physical access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability by using a specifically timed DMA transaction during an SMI in order to gain arbitrary code execution on the system.
Do I need to act?
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0.03% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.9/10
Medium
PHYSICAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (20)
Alienware M18 Firmware
Precision 5680 Firmware
Affected Vendors
References (2)
51
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
33/34 · Critical