Local privilege escalation via unquoted search path
Published Feb 21, 2023 · Updated Mar 12, 2025
Local privilege escalation in Dell E525w Driver and Software Suite before 1.047.2022, A05 allows local users to gain elevated privileges. Dell identifies an unquoted search-path element but has not disclosed which suite executable or service constructs the vulnerable path. A low-privileged local account with filesystem access is required; successful exploitation runs attacker-controlled code in a privileged process context.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Dell E525w Driver and Software Suite before 1.047.2022, A05 allows local users to gain elevated privileges. Dell identifies an unquoted search-path element but has not disclosed which suite executable or service constructs the vulnerable path. A low-privileged local account with filesystem access is required; successful exploitation runs attacker-controlled code in a privileged process context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-24575
- Published
- Feb 21, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Dell Multifunction Printer E525w Driver and Software Suite
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 21, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <Versions prior to 1.047.2022, A05
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