CVE-2025-22394 Race condition in Dell Display Manager
A local low-privileged attacker can exploit a race condition in Dell Display Manager to achieve code execution and privilege escalation.
- 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-2025-22394?
CVE-2025-22394 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Display Manager, published on 15 Jan 2025. 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 Manager, versions prior to 2.3.2.18, contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to code execution and possibly privilege escalation.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22394?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Display Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-22394?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22394 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-22394 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22394 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Display Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r4mf-8hj7-pc75.