CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-36323

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access and authentication could take control of low-level BIOS code, potentially leading to full system compromise and persistent infection.

Recommendation

Update BIOS to the latest vendor version and restrict local access to the system.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS