CVE-2018-11072 Code injection in Dell Digital Delivery
A local attacker can execute malicious code with administrator privileges via DLL injection in Dell Digital Delivery.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-11072?
CVE-2018-11072 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Dell Digital Delivery, published on 2 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell Digital Delivery versions prior to 3.5.1 contain a DLL Injection Vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with advance knowledge of the application workflow could potentially load and execute a malicious DLL with administrator privileges.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11072?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Digital Delivery.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11072?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11072 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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Is CVE-2018-11072 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11072 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-jc3x-9xhx-xvw8.