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CVE-2020-5361

Published: Jan 4, 2021

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.1

MEDIUM

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Dell

CPG BIOS

affected
unspecified - < All

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-640

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

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