CVE-2019-3744 Privilege escalation in Alienware Digital Delivery

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges to run malicious code via race condition and path traversal 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-2019-3744?

CVE-2019-3744 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-362, CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3744?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Digital Delivery.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3744?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3744 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-3744 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3744 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m6r3-rwcc-3f72.

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