CVE-2020-5324: Dell g3 15 3590 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms contain an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability. The vulnerability is limited to the Dell Firmware Update Utility during the time window while being executed by an administrator. During this time window, a locally authenticated low-privileged malicious user could exploit this vulnerability by tricking an administrator into overwriting arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The vulnerability does not affect the actual binary payload that the update utility delivers.

Affected products

  • Dell g3 15 3590 Firmware: before 1.9.2 (fixed in 1.9.2)
  • Dell g3 3579 Firmware: before 1.11.0 (fixed in 1.11.0)
  • Dell g3 3779 Firmware: before 1.11.0 (fixed in 1.11.0)
  • Dell g5 15 5590 Firmware: before 1.11.1 (fixed in 1.11.1)
  • Dell g5 5090 Firmware: before 1.1.2 (fixed in 1.1.2)
  • Dell g5 5587 Firmware: before 1.12.2 (fixed in 1.12.2)
  • Dell g7 15 7590 Firmware: before 1.11.1 (fixed in 1.11.1)
  • Dell g7 17 7790 Firmware: before 1.11.1 (fixed in 1.11.1)
  • Dell g7 7588 Firmware: before 1.12.2 (fixed in 1.12.2)
  • Dell Inspiron 14 5490 Firmware: before 1.4.0 (fixed in 1.4.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3480 Firmware: before 1.7.0 (fixed in 1.7.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3481 Firmware: before 1.6.0 (fixed in 1.6.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3490 Firmware: before 1.5.0 (fixed in 1.5.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3493 Firmware: before 1.4.0 (fixed in 1.4.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3580 Firmware: before 1.7.0 (fixed in 1.7.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3581 Firmware: before 1.6.0 (fixed in 1.6.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3583 Firmware: before 1.7.0 (fixed in 1.7.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3584 Firmware: before 1.6.0 (fixed in 1.6.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3590 Firmware: before 1.5.0 (fixed in 1.5.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3593 Firmware: before 1.4.0 (fixed in 1.4.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3780 Firmware: before 1.7.0 (fixed in 1.7.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3781 Firmware: before 1.6.0 (fixed in 1.6.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3790 Firmware: before 1.5.0 (fixed in 1.5.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 3793 Firmware: before 1.4.0 (fixed in 1.4.0)
  • Dell Inspiron 5390 Firmware: before 1.7.1 (fixed in 1.7.1)
  • and 88 more

Published 2020-02-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.