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Article Number: 000212277

DSA-2023-135: Alienware Command Center Security Update for a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Summary: Alienware Command Center remediation is available for a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Article Content

Impact

Medium

Details

Proprietary Code CVE(s) Description CVSS Base Score            CVSS Vector String
CVE-2023-28070 Alienware Command Center Application, versions 5.5.43.0 and prior, contain an improper access control vulnerability. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability during installation or update process leading to privilege escalation.

6.7

 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/)This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies. for additional details.
Proprietary Code CVE(s) Description CVSS Base Score            CVSS Vector String
CVE-2023-28070 Alienware Command Center Application, versions 5.5.43.0 and prior, contain an improper access control vulnerability. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability during installation or update process leading to privilege escalation.

6.7

 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/)This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies. for additional details.
Dell Technologies recommends all customers consider both the CVSS base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores that may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

Affected Products and Remediation

Product Affected Version(s) Updated Version(s) Link to Update
Alienware Command Center Version 5.5.43.0 and prior.
 		 5.5.46.0
 		 Alienware Command Center for Windows 11 and Windows 10 64-bit
Alienware Command Center Application

 
Product Affected Version(s) Updated Version(s) Link to Update
Alienware Command Center Version 5.5.43.0 and prior.
 		 5.5.46.0
 		 Alienware Command Center for Windows 11 and Windows 10 64-bit
Alienware Command Center Application

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

Acknowledgements

CVE-2023-28070: Dell Technologies would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai for reporting this issue.
 

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02023-04-24Initial Release

Related Information

Dell Security Advisories and Notices
Dell Vulnerability Response Policy
CVSS Scoring Guide

Legal Information

Article Properties

Affected Product

Alienware Command Center, Product Security Information

Last Published Date

24 Apr 2023

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory

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