Security Resilience

CVE-2023-32475

Dell Vostro 5625 Firmware ≤ 1.13.0

Published
07 June 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0017 6th percentile
Risk Priority 52 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-32475 is a high-severity Missing Support for Integrity Check (CWE-353) vulnerability in Dell Vostro 5625 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique DCSync (T1003.006); ranked at the 6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A08:2025 Software or Data Integrity Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Dell BIOS contains a missing support for integrity check vulnerability. An attacker with physical access to the system could potentially bypass security mechanisms to run arbitrary code on the system.

CWE(s)
CWE-353

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
T1007 System Service Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.
attack.mitre.org →
T1011 Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium Exfiltration
Adversaries may attempt to exfiltrate data over a different network medium than the command and control channel.
attack.mitre.org →
T1016.002 Wi-Fi Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may search for information about Wi-Fi networks, such as network names and passwords, on compromised systems.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

dell
vostro 5625 firmware
≤ 1.13.0
dell
vostro 5515 firmware
≤ 1.19.0
dell
vostro 5415 firmware
≤ 1.19.0
dell
vostro 3405 firmware
≤ 1.16.0
dell
vostro 16 5635 firmware
≤ 1.8.0
dell
vostro 15 3535 firmware
≤ 1.12.0
dell
vostro 15 3525 firmware
≤ 1.15.1
dell
vostro 15 3515 firmware
≤ 1.16.0
dell
vostro 14 3435 firmware
≤ 1.12.0
dell
vostro 14 3425 firmware
≤ 1.15.1
+30 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 6 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V12.1.1
  • V17.2.2
  • V17.2.5
  • V17.2.8

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity good match

SC-8 directly requires mechanisms to protect integrity of transmitted data, which structurally eliminates the missing checksum weakness in protocols.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.DS-02 partial match
blocks

Directly requires integrity protection for data-in-transit via checksums or equivalent mechanisms.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (higher-evidence rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (3 rules)
  • V-248574 YUM must be configured to prevent the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or OL 8 system components that have not been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization. blocks CWE-353
  • V-248827 OL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. blocks CWE-353
  • V-248823 OL 8 must not have the telnet-server package installed. blocks CWE-353
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
  • V-230487 RHEL 8 must not have the telnet-server package installed. blocks CWE-353

References