CVE-2020-5362
What it is
Dell Client Consumer and Commercial platforms include an improper authorization vulnerability in the Dell Manageability interface for which an unauthorized actor, with local system access with OS administrator privileges, could bypass the BIOS Administrator authentication to restore BIOS Setup configuration to default values.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of 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-285
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Dell Chengming 3967 Firmware < 1.9.0
- Dell Chengming 3977 Firmware < 1.9.0
- Dell Chengming 3980 Firmware < 2.16.0
- Dell Chengming 3988 Firmware < 1.3.0
- Dell Chengming 3990 Firmware < 1.1.3
- Dell Chengming 3991 Firmware < 1.1.3
- Dell g3 15 3500 Firmware < 1.2.1
- Dell g3 15 3590 Firmware < 1.11.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H
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