Is CVE-2020-5379 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5379 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5379?

CVE-2020-5379 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5379?

CVE-2020-5379 has an EPSS score of 0.40% (32th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5379?

Upgrade inspiron 7352 bios to a12 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5379

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Dell Inspiron 7352 BIOS versions prior to A12 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).

CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure

How to fix

Remediation Available

inspiron 7352 biosNVD

Affected:< a12Fixed in:a12CVE-2020-5379derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorPhysical

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

dell.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2013-2465	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2024-21412	High	8.1	95%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2013-0431	Medium	5.3	90%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2025-40536	High	8.1	82%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-1003030	Critical	9.9	76%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-0411	High	7.0	67%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.