Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Dell/Alienware Digital Delivery
CVE-2019-3744

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Dell
Status
Dell Digital Delivery
Alienware Digital Delivery
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 August 2019

What is CVE-2019-3744?

The Dell/Alienware Digital Delivery application has a vulnerability that allows local non-privileged users to exploit a flaw in the software installation process. By taking advantage of a race condition combined with a path traversal issue, an attacker could manipulate the installation package of a Universal Windows Platform application. This could result in the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges, posing security risks to affected systems.

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Affected Version(s)

Alienware Digital Delivery prior to 4.0.41

Dell Digital Delivery prior to 4.0.41

References

https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN318085
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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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