Local privilege escalation via malformed named-pipe input
Published Feb 10, 2023 · Updated Mar 24, 2025
Improper input validation in Dell Alienware Command Center 5.5.37.0 and earlier allows local users to elevate privileges through a named pipe. The application accepts malicious named-pipe input without adequate validation, but Dell has not disclosed the pipe, message format, or defective validation routine. An attacker must already have authenticated local access; successful exploitation raises privileges and permits full control of the affected Windows system.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Dell Alienware Command Center 5.5.37.0 and earlier allows local users to elevate privileges through a named pipe. The application accepts malicious named-pipe input without adequate validation, but Dell has not disclosed the pipe, message format, or defective validation routine. An attacker must already have authenticated local access; successful exploitation raises privileges and permits full control of the affected Windows system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-24569
- Published
- Feb 10, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Alienware Command Center
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.5.37.0
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