It was originally discovered by researchers from Sentinel Labs who found that attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to locally escalate to kernel-mode privileges. Since 2009, Dell has released hundreds of millions of Windows devices worldwide which contain the vulnerable driver. The findings, which were proactively reported to Dell on 1 December 2020, essentially found that the vulnerabilities would allow attackers to bypass security products, although the researchers haven’t seen any evidence of this weakness being exploited. The Dell XPS 13 and 15 range of laptops, the Vostro 7590, and the Precision 5820 XL Tower are all said to be vulnerable to the flaw, as well as every device belonging to the Latitude, Inspirion, and Precision ranges. A full list containing over 380 models has been published by Dell on its website.