# CVE-2023-39256: Privilege escalation in Rugged Control Center (RCC)

> A local attacker can modify unsecured installation folders to escalate privileges on systems running Dell Rugged Control Center.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wh74-97h7-9gvc

## What is CVE-2023-39256?

CVE-2023-39256 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC), published on 2 Dec 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 Rugged Control Center, version prior to 4.7, contains an improper access control vulnerability. A local malicious standard user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to modify the content in an unsecured folder during product installation and upgrade, leading to privilege escalation on the system.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39256?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Rugged Control Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39256?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39256 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-39256 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC)

- [CVE-2022-34443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34443/): Privilege escalation in Rugged Control Center (RCC) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-39257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39257/): Missing authorization in Rugged Control Center (RCC) (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-43089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43089/): Missing authorization in Dell Rugged Control Center (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-39256 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39256 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC), published on 2 Dec 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39256/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39256/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39256
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39256
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39256

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39256/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.