Privilege escalation via malicious DLL preloading
Published Jul 31, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Uncontrolled search path handling in Dell Peripheral Manager before 1.7.6 allows local users to execute code through malicious DLL preloading. Dell has not identified the affected executable or search-path element; DLL preloading or symbolic-link manipulation redirects library loading. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, after which attacker-controlled code runs with elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path handling in Dell Peripheral Manager before 1.7.6 allows local users to execute code through malicious DLL preloading. Dell has not identified the affected executable or search-path element; DLL preloading or symbolic-link manipulation redirects library loading. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, after which attacker-controlled code runs with elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-32857
- Published
- Jul 31, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- Dell Peripheral Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-427, CAPEC-38, CAPEC-471, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 31, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.7.6
- Affected versionversion=N/A <1.7.6
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