CVE-2020-5363

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Jun 10, 2020
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jan 3, 2020

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hdell

Weaknesses

  • CWE-158 Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Dell Client Consumer and Commercial platformsDell
  • https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN321604Affected

References

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