Article Number: 000180741
Medium
Proprietary Code CVE | Description | CVSS Base Score | CVSS Vector String |
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CVE-2020-5361 | 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. | 5.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Proprietary Code CVE | Description | CVSS Base Score | CVSS Vector String |
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CVE-2020-5361 | 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. | 5.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Revision | Date | Description |
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1.0 | 2020-12-17 | Initial Release |
2.0 | 2023-11-29 | Updated Additional Info Section: Dell Client and Commercial Platforms Affected |
3.0 | 2024-04-02 | Updated Affected Products and Remediation Section: Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms Affected |
4.0 | 2024-04-02 | Updated for enhanced presentation with no changes to content |
5.0 | 2024-04-02 | Updated for enhanced presentation with no changes to content |
6.0 | 2024-04-24 | Updated for enhanced presentation with no changes to content |
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02 Apr 2024
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