CVE-2020-5361
low-risk
Published 2021-01-04
Select Dell Client Commercial and Consumer platforms support a BIOS password reset capability that is designed to assist authorized customers who forget their passwords. Dell is aware of unauthorized password generation tools that can generate BIOS recovery passwords. The tools, which are not authorized by Dell, can be used by a physically present attacker to reset BIOS passwords and BIOS-managed Hard Disk Drive (HDD) passwords. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions for BIOS Setup configuration, HDD access and BIOS pre-boot authentication.
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0.05% 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
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5
CVSS 5.1/10
Medium
PHYSICAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Cpg Bios
Affected Vendors
References (2)
22
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal