CVE-2019-3742 Privilege escalation in Alienware Digital Delivery
A local attacker can exploit a named pipe deserialization flaw to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on Dell Digital Delivery software.
- 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-2019-3742?
CVE-2019-3742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware Digital Delivery, published on 9 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell/Alienware Digital Delivery versions prior to 3.5.2013 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local non-privileged malicious user could exploit a named pipe that performs binary deserialization via a process hollowing technique to inject malicous code to run an executable with elevated privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3742?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Digital Delivery.
How do I fix CVE-2019-3742?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3742 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-3742 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3742 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Alienware Digital Delivery
- CVE-2020-5342 Privilege escalation in Dell Digital Delivery (Cirrus)
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- CVE-2018-11072 Code injection in Dell Digital Delivery
- CVE-2025-38739 Information disclosure in Dell Digital Delivery
- CVE-2024-0155 Use after free in Dell Digital Delivery (D3)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q66f-6m6f-mhqm.