Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-0163

Race Condition in Dell Poweredge R660 Firmware ≤ 2.0.0

Race Condition
Published
13 March 2024
Modified
31 January 2025
Patch / advisory
View advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0011 2th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-0163 is a medium-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Dell Poweredge R660 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain a TOCTOU race condition vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to otherwise unauthorized resources.

CWE(s)
CWE-367

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

dell
poweredge r660 firmware
≤ 2.0.0
dell
poweredge r760 firmware
≤ 2.0.0
dell
poweredge c6620 firmware
≤ 2.0.0
dell
poweredge mx760c firmware
≤ 2.0.0
dell
poweredge r860 firmware
≤ 1.8.0
dell
poweredge r960 firmware
≤ 1.8.0
dell
poweredge hs5610 firmware
≤ 2.0.0
dell
poweredge hs5620 firmware
≤ 2.0.0
dell
poweredge r660xs firmware
≤ 2.0.0
dell
poweredge r760xs firmware
≤ 2.0.0
+48 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)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.4.2
  • V17.2.6

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AU-8 Time Stamps
addresses: CWE-367

Timestamps meeting UTC or offset standards help identify TOCTOU issues through precise chronological reconstruction of check/use operations.

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.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly include coding standards and reviews that prevent TOCTOU race conditions.

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.8.17 Clock synchronization none match
none

Reliable, synchronized time across systems narrows the exploitable window in which a resource state can change between a security check and its use.

References