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Article Number: 000224987

DSA-2024-179: Security Update for Dell EMC Common Event Enabler (Windows) for CAVATools Vulnerabilities

Summary: Dell EMC Common Event Enabler (Windows) remediation is available for a CAVATools vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

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Impact

High

Details

Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-28964 Dell Common Event Enabler, version 8.9.10.0 and prior, contain an insecure deserialization vulnerability in CAVATools. A local unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged in user. Exploitation of this issue requires a victim to open a malicious file. 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-28964 Dell Common Event Enabler, version 8.9.10.0 and prior, contain an insecure deserialization vulnerability in CAVATools. A local unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged in user. Exploitation of this issue requires a victim to open a malicious file. 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
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

CVEs Addressed Product Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
CVE-2024-28964 Dell EMC Common Event Enabler, CAVATools for Windows Versions prior to 8.9.10.0 Versions 8.9.8.21, 8.9.9.1 and 8.9.10.1  https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/common-event-enabler/drivers
CVEs Addressed Product Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
CVE-2024-28964 Dell EMC Common Event Enabler, CAVATools for Windows Versions prior to 8.9.10.0 Versions 8.9.8.21, 8.9.9.1 and 8.9.10.1  https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/common-event-enabler/drivers
Dell would like to thank Jakub Brzozowski (redfr0g) for reporting this issue.

Workarounds and Mitigations

CVE ID Workaround and Mitigation
CVE-2024-28964 To mitigate the threat, it is recommended that the user not load .cavac files that cannot be trusted.
Additionally. do not run CAVATool as admin user, always run the tool as a low privileged user.

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02024-04-30Initial Release

Related Information

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

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Last Published Date

10 May 2024

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory

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