CVE-2020-5357

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5357
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-28 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-29 20:02:00 UTC
DescriptionDell Dock Firmware Update Utilities for Dell Client Consumer and Commercial docking stations contain an Arbitrary File Overwrite vulnerability. The vulnerability is limited to the Dell Dock Firmware Update Utilities 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Dell Dock Wd15 - All All All
Hardware Dell Dock Wd15 - All All All
Operating System Dell Dock Wd15 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Dell Dock Wd15 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Dell Dock Wd19 - All All All
Hardware Dell Dock Wd19 - All All All
Operating System Dell Dock Wd19 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Dell Dock Wd19 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Dell Precision Dual Usb-c Thunderbolt Dock - Tb18dc - All All All
Hardware Dell Precision Dual Usb-c Thunderbolt Dock - Tb18dc - All All All
Operating System Dell Precision Dual Usb-c Thunderbolt Dock - Tb18dc Firmware All All All All
Operating System Dell Precision Dual Usb-c Thunderbolt Dock - Tb18dc Firmware All All All All
Hardware Dell Thunderbolt Dock Tb16 - All All All
Hardware Dell Thunderbolt Dock Tb16 - All All All
Operating System Dell Thunderbolt Dock Tb16 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Dell Thunderbolt Dock Tb16 Firmware All All All All

References

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DSA-2020-108: Dell Dock Firmware Update Utilities Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability | Dell US MISC www.dell.com Vendor Advisory
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