Vulnerability · Published Feb 21, 2020 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2020-5324

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms	https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN320348

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN320348 x_refsource_MISC