CVE-2023-28035
MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 23, 2023 at 09:34 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:46 AM UTC
843 products affected across 1 vendorLatitude 3420Latitude 9410 FirmwareLatitude 5511 Firmware
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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with administrator privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to modify a UEFI variable.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.26.0
Affected range stops below 1.26.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-area-51m-r1 (same device)
v < 1.22.0
Affected range stops below 1.22.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-area-51m-r2 (same device)
v < 1.0.20
Affected range stops below 1.0.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.1.20
Affected range stops below 1.1.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-aurora-r12 (same device)
v < 1.12.0
Affected range stops below 1.12.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.1.0
Affected range stops below 1.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.22.0
Affected range stops below 1.22.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-m15-r2 (same device)
v < 1.23.0
Affected range stops below 1.23.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-m15-r3 (same device)
v < 1.17.0
Affected range stops below 1.17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-m15-r4 (same device)
v < 1.21.0
Affected range stops below 1.21.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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