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CVE-2022-34384 (GCVE-0-2022-34384)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-10 20:03 – Updated: 2025-03-26 15:44
VLAI
Summary
Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer (version 3.11.1 and prior), SupportAssist Client Commercial (version 3.2 and prior), Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update versions before 4.5 contain a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the Advanced Driver Restore component. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to privilege escalation.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-24 14:37 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.11.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-10-11 16:00
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