Arbitrary file overwrite via crafted symbolic link
Published Feb 21, 2020 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Arbitrary file overwrite in Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms allows local users to replace files via a crafted symlink. While the Dell Firmware Update Utility runs with administrator rights, it follows a low-privileged user's symbolic link and redirects the administrator's file write to an attacker-chosen target. Exploitation requires a locally authenticated user and an administrator executing the utility during the attack window; the delivered binary payload is unaffected.
Summary
What happened
Arbitrary file overwrite in Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms allows local users to replace files via a crafted symlink. While the Dell Firmware Update Utility runs with administrator rights, it follows a low-privileged user's symbolic link and redirects the administrator's file write to an attacker-chosen target. Exploitation requires a locally authenticated user and an administrator executing the utility during the attack window; the delivered binary payload is unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-5324
- Published
- Feb 21, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-59, CWE-427, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 21, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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