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high7.1

CVE-2020-5324

Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms contain an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
DellG3 3579 Firmware
before 1.11.0
DellG3 3779 Firmware
before 1.11.0
DellG3 15 3590 Firmware
before 1.9.2
DellG5 15 5590 Firmware
before 1.11.1
DellG5 5090 Firmware
before 1.1.2
DellG5 5587 Firmware
before 1.12.2
DellG7 15 7590 Firmware
before 1.11.1
DellG7 17 7790 Firmware
before 1.11.1
DellG7 7588 Firmware
before 1.12.2
DellInspiron 14 5490 Firmware
before 1.4.0
DellInspiron 3480 Firmware
before 1.7.0
DellInspiron 3481 Firmware
before 1.6.0

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