High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-5357
CVE-2020-5357
Description
Dell 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.
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References
1- www.dell.com/support/article/SLN321564nvdVendor Advisory
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