CVE-2019-3744

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3744
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-08-09 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-29 16:22:00 UTC
DescriptionDell/Alienware Digital Delivery versions prior to 4.0.41 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local non-privileged malicious user could exploit a Universal Windows Platform application by manipulating the install software package feature with a race condition and a path traversal exploit in order to run a malicious executable with elevated privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22 | CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dell Digital Delivery All All All All
Application Dell Digital Delivery All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
DSA-2019-096: Dell/Alienware Digital Delivery Security Update for Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities | Dell US FULLDISC www.dell.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Dell would like to thank Alexander Bolshev, Security Consultant, IOActive and Enrique Nissim, Senior Security Consultant, IOActive for reporting these vulnerabilities.

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