# CVE-2020-5321: Privilege escalation in Dell OpenManage Enterprise

> A remote authenticated user with high privileges can exploit improper input validation to spawn tasks with elevated privileges in Dell OpenManage Enterprise.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w5hq-x2pw-2ffv

## What is CVE-2020-5321?

CVE-2020-5321 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell OpenManage Enterprise, published on 19 Jul 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise (OME) versions prior to 3.2 and OpenManage Enterprise-Modular (OME-M) versions prior to 1.10.00 contain an improper input validation vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to spawn tasks with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5321?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Dell Emc Openmanage Enterprise, Dell Emc Openmanage Enterprise-Modular.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-5321?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5321 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-5321 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5321 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell OpenManage Enterprise

- [CVE-2020-5320](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5320/): SQL injection in Dell OpenManage Enterprise (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2020-5370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5370/): Path traversal in OpenManage Enterprise (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2020-5323](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5323/): XML external entity in Dell OpenManage Enterprise (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-5321 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-5321 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell OpenManage Enterprise, published on 19 Jul 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5321 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell OpenManage Enterprise. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5321/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5321/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5321
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5321
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5321

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5321/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.