What is CVE-2020-5379?

CVE-2020-5379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Cpg Bios, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-5379?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-5379 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Dell Cpg Bios

CVE-2020-5379

Dell Inspiron 7352 BIOS versions prior to A12 contain a UEFI BIOS Boot Services overwrite vulnerability. A local attacker with access to system memory may exploit this vulnerability by overwriting the EFI_BOOT_SERVICES structure to execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode (SMM).

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

404notf0und/CVE-Flow

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5379?: CVE-2020-5379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Cpg Bios, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-5379?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-5379 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.