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Improper Access Control

CVE-2023-28070

Medium
6.7/10

Summary

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.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • 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