CVE-2020-5362 is an improper authorization vulnerability affecting Dell Client Consumer and Commercial platforms. An attacker with local administrator privileges can bypass BIOS Administrator authentication to reset BIOS settings to default values. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) requires high privileges and local access, limiting its direct impact to configuration integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3967_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3977_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3980_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3988_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3990_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.