Select Dell Client Commercial and Consumer platforms support a BIOS password reset capability that is designed to assist authorized customers who forget their passwords. Dell is aware of unauthorized password generation tools that can generate BIOS recovery passwords. The tools, which are not authorized by Dell, can be used by a physically present attacker to reset BIOS passwords and BIOS-managed Hard Disk Drive (HDD) passwords. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions for BIOS Setup configuration, HDD access and BIOS pre-boot authentication.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: dell
Published: 2021-01-04T21:15:22.213309Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T23:06:25.643Z
Reserved: 2020-01-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-5361
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2021-01-04T22:15:13.950
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:33:58.990
Link: CVE-2020-5361
Redhat
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