CVE-2023-32469 — Dell Precision Tower BIOS contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Dell Precision Tower BIOS contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to perform arbitrary code execution.

01What is this vulnerability?

Dell Precision Tower BIOS contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to perform arbitrary code execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	Dell Precision 5820 Tower, Dell Precision 7820 Tower, Dell Precision 7920 Tower	Versions prior to 2.32.0, Versions prior to 2.36.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-16T08:14:46.815Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T15:18:37.134Z

09References

• www.dell.com — https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000216242/dsa-2023-223-security-update-…