CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-34384

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Feb 11, 2023 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer (version 3.11.1 and prior), SupportAssist Client Commercial (version 3.2 and prior), Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update versions before 4.5 contain a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the Advanced Driver Restore component. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to privilege escalation.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Alienware_update Dell * 4.5.0 (excluding)
Command_update Dell * 4.5.0 (excluding)
Supportassist_for_business_pcs Dell * 3.2.0 (including)
Supportassist_for_home_pcs Dell * 3.11.2 (including)
Update Dell * 4.5.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References