CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-32453

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 16, 2023 | Modified: Aug 23, 2023
CVSS 3.x
3.9
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell BIOS contains an improper authentication vulnerability. A malicious user with physical access to the system may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to modify a security-critical UEFI variable without knowledge of the BIOS administrator.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Alienware_m15_r7_firmware Dell * 1.18.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References