Dell Client platforms restored using a Dell OS recovery image downloaded before December 20, 2019, may contain an insecure inherited permis…

published 2020-05-04 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26525

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell Client platforms restored using a Dell OS recovery image downloaded before December 20, 2019, may contain an insecure inherited permissions vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with low privileges could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access on the root folder.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

Dell CPG SW Dell Client platforms restored using a Dell OS recovery image downloaded before December 20, 2019

dell.com/support/article/SLN321036 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Dell CPG SW

Classification

Weakness

CWE-277 Insecure Inherited Permissions
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

dell.com /support/article/SLN321036
mitigation, patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-5343
NVD CVE-2020-5343

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