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Improper Access Control

CVE-2022-34431

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

Dell Hybrid Client below 1.8 version contains a guest user profile corruption vulnerability. A WMS privilege attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to DHC system not being accessible.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published