Vulnerability in Dell Cpg Bios

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-5361: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5361?
CVE-2020-5361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Cpg Bios, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2021-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-5361?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.