Hundreds of Millions of Dell PCs At Risk, Apply Patch Now!
May 7, 2021
PC maker Dell has released a patch for five high-severity flaws discovered in the company’s firmware update driver impacting Dell desktops, laptops, notebooks, and tablets.
This vulnerable firmware update driver has been released on hundreds of millions of Dell Windows PCs around the world since 2009.
The multiple local privilege-escalation (LPE) bugs exist in Dell’s dbutil 2 3.sys driver, which comes pre-installed on most Dell machines running Windows.
The firmware update driver component is responsible for Dell Firmware Updates via the Dell Bios Utility.
The five high severity vulnerabilities in Dell software could allow attackers to escalate privileges from a non-administrator user to kernel mode privileges.
Dell firmware bug puts millions of computers at risk
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Computer manufacturer Dell has released a security update to fix five high-severity vulnerabilities in its firmware update driver which affect the company s desktops, laptops, notebooks and tablets that run Windows.
The vulnerabilities were found by security shop SentinelLabs, which said in
a blog post that they could be used for local escalation to kernel mode.
The affected drivers are present in millions of Windows devices that have been released by Dell since 2009, SentinelOne, the research unit of the security firm, said in the post which was issued on Tuesday.
Hundreds of millions of Dell devices at risk as fresh flaws surface
Hundreds of millions of Dell devices at risk as fresh flaws surface
Dell has released hundreds of millions of Windows devices worldwide which contain the vulnerable driver. Credit: Dreamstime
Five high severity flaws in Dell’s firmware update driver impacting desktops, laptops, notebooks and tablets have been uncovered by security researchers at SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs.
Since 2009, Dell has released hundreds of millions of Windows devices worldwide which contain the vulnerable driver, the cyber security firm said in a statement.
The flaws, discovered by SentinelOne senior security researcher Kasif Dekel, were reported to Dell on 1 December last year and are tracked as CVE-2021-21551, marked with CVSS Score 8.8.
What you need to know
A 12-year-old vulnerability was discovered in Dell computers and flagged up to the company.
It s estimated that hundreds of millions of devices have the vulnerability.
Dell has released a security update to address the vulnerability.
Hundreds of millions of Dell computers could have a vulnerability, according to a security report by SentinelLabs. Five high severity flaws were found in Dell s firmware update driver. These flaws impact Dell laptops, desktops, notebooks, and tablets. SentinelLabs states that hundreds of millions of Dell devices with the vulnerability have been released since 2009. Dell has released a security update to address the vulnerability.
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