CVE-2020-5324

high-risk
Published 2020-02-21

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.1/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

G5 5587 Firmware
G7 7588 Firmware
Inspiron 14 5490 Firmware

Affected Vendors

Dell

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN320348
Vendor Advisory https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN320348
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high-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 31/34 · Critical