PT-2021-12399
CVE-2020-5361
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Published
2021-01-04
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Updated
2021-01-29
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.2
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Dell Client Commercial and Consumer platforms (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue concerns unauthorized password generation tools that can reset BIOS passwords and BIOS-managed Hard Disk Drive (HDD) passwords. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system could exploit this to bypass security restrictions for BIOS Setup configuration, HDD access, and BIOS pre-boot authentication.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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