CVE-2020-5324

Published Feb 21, 2020

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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.
Source
security_alert@emc.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
4.4
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
0.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.6
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

security_alert@emc.com
CWE-427
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-59

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations