Vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R7
CVE-2023-28075
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.
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (7.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000212817/dsa-2023-152-security-update-for-a-d… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-28075?
- CVE-2023-28075 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R7, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2023-08-16.
- How severe is CVE-2023-28075?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-28075 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.