Security researchers have found a vulnerability on Dell Inspirion 7352 BIOS.
It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component UEFI BIOS Boot Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693 .
Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The Dell Inspiron 13 7000 Series 2-in-1 Special Edition (7352) has premium features, like a fifth-generation Core i7 processor, sharp In-Plane Switching (IPS) screen, and an aluminum palm rest, which help the system stand out in an increasingly crowded field of convertible-hybrid laptops.
The weakness was shared 09/02/2020. The advisory is shared at dell.com
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-5379 since 01/03/2020. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation.
Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.