CVE-2023-32470 Path traversal in Dell Digital Delivery
A local attacker can exploit insecure junction handling to create arbitrary folders, causing permanent denial of service 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
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-32470?
CVE-2023-32470 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Digital Delivery, published on 8 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Dell Digital Delivery versions prior to 5.0.82.0 contain an Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point vulnerability. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to create arbitrary folder leading to permanent Denial of Service (DOS).
Weakness: CWE-1386
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32470?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Digital Delivery.
How do I fix CVE-2023-32470?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2023-32470 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32470 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-hf8f-6vqw-rch6.