Security News > 2020 > December > Dell Wyse Thin Client scores two perfect 10 security flaws

Dell, which pitches its Wyse ThinOS as "The most secure thin client operating system," plans to publish an advisory on Monday for two severe security vulnerabilities.

The vulnerabilities, which affect all Dell Wyse Thin Clients running ThinOS versions 8.6 or earlier, allow more or less anyone to remotely run malicious code and to access arbitrary files on vulnerable devices.

Dell Wyse Thin Clients allow companies to provide employees with access to applications via stripped-down, cloud-connected client machines that do most of their computing remotely on the server.

In the US alone, about 6000 companies and organizations use Dell Wyse Thin Clients, many of them healthcare organizations, the CyberMDX report says.

"We encourage customers to apply the remediations and follow the best practices described in the Dell Security Advisory," a Dell spokesperson told The Register in an email.

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