CVE-2020-5378

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5378
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-02 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-14 15:17:00 UTC
DescriptionDell G7 17 7790 BIOS versions prior to 1.13.2 contain a UEFI BIOS Boot Services overwrite vulnerability. A local attacker with access to system memory may exploit this vulnerability by overwriting the EFI_BOOT_SERVICES structure to execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode (SMM).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Dell G7 17 7790 - All All All
Hardware Dell G7 17 7790 - All All All
Operating System Dell G7 17 7790 Bios All All All All
Operating System Dell G7 17 7790 Bios All All All All

References

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DSA-2020-203: Dell Client Platform Security Update for UEFI BIOS Boot Services Overwrite Vulnerabilities | Dell US MISC www.dell.com Vendor Advisory
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