CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-5363
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-06-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-158
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.
Affected configurations
• 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)
• dell latitude 7220ex rugged extreme tablet firmware (< 1.6.0)
• dell latitude 7300 firmware (< 1.7.4)
• dell latitude 7400 firmware (< 1.7.4)
• dell precision 3540 firmware (< 1.7.4)
• dell precision 3541 firmware (< 1.8.4)
• dell precision 7540 firmware (< 1.9.0)
• dell precision 7740 firmware (< 1.9.0)
• dell xps 13 9300 firmware (< 1.0.11)
• dell xps 7390 2-in-1 firmware (< 1.4.0)
• dell xps 7590 firmware (< 1.7.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-158 Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character weakness
References
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN321604 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN321604 Vendor Advisory