CVE-2020-5324
What it is
Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms contain an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability. The vulnerability is limited to the Dell Firmware Update Utility during the time window while being executed by an administrator. During this time window, a locally authenticated low-privileged malicious user could exploit this vulnerability by tricking an administrator into overwriting arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The vulnerability does not affect the actual binary payload that the update utility delivers.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.1 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Dell g3 3579 Firmware < 1.11.0
- Dell g3 3779 Firmware < 1.11.0
- Dell g3 15 3590 Firmware < 1.9.2
- Dell g5 15 5590 Firmware < 1.11.1
- Dell g5 5090 Firmware < 1.1.2
- Dell g5 5587 Firmware < 1.12.2
- Dell g7 15 7590 Firmware < 1.11.1
- Dell g7 17 7790 Firmware < 1.11.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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