CVE-2020-5324

HIGH

Dell G3 3579 Firmware < 1.11.0 - Symlink Following

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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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-427 CWE-59
Status published

Affected Products (50)

dell/g3_3579_firmware < 1.11.0
dell/g3_3779_firmware < 1.11.0
dell/g3_15_3590_firmware < 1.9.2
dell/g5_15_5590_firmware < 1.11.1
dell/g5_5090_firmware < 1.1.2
dell/g5_5587_firmware < 1.12.2
dell/g7_15_7590_firmware < 1.11.1
dell/g7_17_7790_firmware < 1.11.1
dell/g7_7588_firmware < 1.12.2
dell/inspiron_14_5490_firmware < 1.4.0
dell/inspiron_3480_firmware < 1.7.0
dell/inspiron_3481_firmware < 1.6.0
dell/inspiron_3490_firmware < 1.5.0
dell/inspiron_3493_firmware < 1.4.0
dell/inspiron_3580_firmware < 1.7.0
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Feb 21, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026