CVE-2024-22452 Privilege escalation in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager
A low-privilege user can modify installation files to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager for macOS.
- 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-2024-22452?
CVE-2024-22452 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager , published on 4 Mar 2024. 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 Display and Peripheral Manager for macOS prior to 1.3 contains an improper access control vulnerability. A low privilege user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by modifying files in the installation folder to execute arbitrary code, leading to privilege escalation.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22452?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Display and Peripheral Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22452?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22452 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-22452 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22452 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager
- CVE-2026-46731 Auth bypass in Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM Windows)
- CVE-2026-59914 Auth bypass in Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM Windows)
- CVE-2026-59916 Privilege escalation in Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM Windows)
- CVE-2026-59917 Privilege escalation in Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM Windows)
- CVE-2026-59912 Privilege escalation in Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM Mac)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-955p-rhm2-9c6j.