CVE-2023-43078

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.002 · 7 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.17% (7th) EPSS

CVSS 7.3 · high

Is it mine?

453 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Dell Dock Firmware and Dell Client Platform contain an Improper Link Resolution vulnerability during installation resulting in arbitrary folder deletion, which could lead to Privilege Escalation or Denial of Service.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.3

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59US

affected products (453)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell BIOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:dell:bios:-
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 01.00.15enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 01.00.36enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.0.14.20enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.1.15enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.1.16enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.1.37enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.10.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.10.1enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.11.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.12.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.12.1enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.13.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.14.1enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.15.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.16.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.17.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.18.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.19.0enisa_euvdEU
Dell Dell Client Platform, Dell Dock FirmwareN/A → 1.19.1enisa_euvdEU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0925Dell BIOS: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation und DoSDeutsch2024-04-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Dell BIOS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-08-28modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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