CVE-2024-42424 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-42424
Vulnerability Scoring

5.3
/10
Significant Risk

Security assessments indicate that CVE-2024-42424 presents a notable risk, potentially requiring prompt mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: High
    Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Local
    Vulnerability requires local system access.
  • Privileges Required: High
    High-level privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Changed
    Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2024-42424 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕝 20 Dec 2024, 14:41 UTC
Originally published on: 🕗 10 Sep 2024, 08:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 101 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

security_alert@emc.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2024-42424 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-42424: Dell Precision Rack, 14G Intel BIOS versions prior to 2.22.2, contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-42424

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-42424 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2024-42424

The exploitability of CVE-2024-42424 is influenced by multiple factors. Security teams should analyze system configurations and apply appropriate countermeasures to mitigate threats.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-42424, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-42424, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2024-42424 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2024-42424 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2024-42424 does not impact system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.043% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 12.0% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 88.0% of others.

CVE-2024-42424 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:o:dell:precision_7920_rack_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:dell:precision_7920_rack_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:dell:precision_7920_rack:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:dell:precision_7920_rack:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:dell:7920_xl_rack_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:dell:7920_xl_rack_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:dell:7920_xl_rack:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:dell:7920_xl_rack:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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