PT-2020-18424 · Dell · Dell Dock Firmware Update Utilities

Published 2020-05-28 · Updated 2020-05-29 · CVE-2020-5357

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dell Dock Firmware Update Utilities (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows a locally authenticated low-privileged malicious user to exploit the vulnerability by tricking an administrator into overwriting arbitrary files via a symlink attack. This can occur during the time window while the Dell Dock Firmware Update Utilities are being executed by an administrator. The vulnerability is limited to the update utilities and does not affect the actual binary payload that the update utility delivers.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5357

Affected Products

Dell Dock Firmware Update Utilities

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://dell.com/support/article/SLN321564 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5357 · Security Note