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CVE-2023-43078

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-43078 is an Improper Link Resolution vulnerability affecting Dell Dock Firmware and Dell Client Platform during installation. This flaw allows for arbitrary folder deletion, potentially leading to Privilege Escalation or Denial of Service. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (High), it requires local access and user interaction, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.62.156.006CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:intel_thunderbolt_controller_firmware_update_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.66.128.015CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:intel_thunderbolt_controller_firmware_update_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.65.111.022CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:intel_thunderbolt_controller_firmware_update_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.61.124.014CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:intel_thunderbolt_controller_firmware_update_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.46.147.004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:intel_thunderbolt_controller_firmware_update_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 759 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dell.com / support/kbdoc/en-us/000217981/dsa-2023-362-security-update-for-dell-dock-firmware-and-dell-client-platform-for-an-improper-link-resolution-vulnerability
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