CVE-2020-5324

MEDIUM

4.4

CVSS Score

Published: February 21, 2020 at 02:50 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC

227 products affected across 1 vendorLatitude 5400 FirmwareLatitude 5500 FirmwareLatitude 7290 Firmware

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Severity

MEDIUM4.4

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

G3 15 3590 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.9.2

Affected range stops below 1.9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g3-15-3590 (same device)

G3 3579 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.11.0

Affected range stops below 1.11.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g3-3579 (same device)

G3 3779 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.11.0

Affected range stops below 1.11.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g3-3779 (same device)

G5 15 5590 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.11.1

Affected range stops below 1.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g5-15-5590 (same device)

G5 5090 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.1.2

Affected range stops below 1.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g5-5090 (same device)

G5 5587 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.12.2

Affected range stops below 1.12.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g5-5587 (same device)

G7 15 7590 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.11.1

Affected range stops below 1.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g7-15-7590 (same device)

G7 17 7790 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.11.1

Affected range stops below 1.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g7-17-7790 (same device)

G7 7588 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.12.2

Affected range stops below 1.12.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-g7-7588 (same device)

Inspiron 14 5490 Firmware · Dell

95%

v < 1.4.0

Affected range stops below 1.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

dell-inspiron-14-5490 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN320348

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN320348

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-427CWE-59

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