CVE-2020-5361

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.

• CWE-640
• CWE-640

• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000180741/dsa-2020-119-dell-client-products-unauthorized-bios-password-reset-tool-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000180741/dsa-2020-119-dell-client-products-unauthorized-bios-password-reset-tool-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory

Published

Jan 4, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
• Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
• PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
• AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.

• CVE-2020-5355The Dell Isilon OneFS versions 8.2.2 and earlier SSHD proces…4.3
• CVE-2020-5356Dell PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) versions prior to 19.4…6.5
• CVE-2020-5357Dell Dock Firmware Update Utilities for Dell Client Consumer…6
• CVE-2020-5358Dell Encryption versions prior to 10.7 and Dell Endpoint Sec…7.8
• CVE-2020-5359Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions prior to 4.5, are v…5.8
• CVE-2020-5360Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions prior to 4.5, are v…7.5
• CVE-2020-5362Dell Client Consumer and Commercial platforms include an imp…4.4
• CVE-2020-5363Select Dell Client Consumer and Commercial platforms include…6.7
• CVE-2020-5364Dell EMC Isilon OneFS versions 8.2.2 and earlier contain an …7.5
• CVE-2020-5365Dell EMC Isilon versions 8.2.2 and earlier contain a remotes…7.5
• CVE-2020-5366Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.20.20.20 contain a Path …6.5
• CVE-2020-5367Dell EMC Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.1.0.17, …8.1