CVE-2020-5363
What it is
Select Dell Client Consumer and Commercial platforms include an issue that allows the BIOS Admin password to be changed through Dell's manageability interface without knowledge of the current BIOS Admin password. This could potentially allow an unauthorized actor, with physical access and/or OS administrator privileges to the device, to gain privileged access to the platform and the hard drive.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, 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: 8.6 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-158
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Dell Latitude 5300 Firmware < 1.9.4
- Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 Firmware < 1.9.4
- Dell Latitude 5400 Firmware < 1.7.4
- Dell Latitude 5401 Firmware < 1.8.4
- Dell Latitude 5500 Firmware < 1.7.4
- Dell Latitude 5501 Firmware < 1.8.4
- Dell Latitude 7200 2 In 1 Firmware < 1.8.0
- Dell Latitude 7220 Firmware < 1.6.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.6
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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