CVE-2024-39574

Local denial of service via undisclosed privilege flaw

Published Sep 10, 2024 · Updated Sep 10, 2024

Improper privilege management in Dell Technologies PowerScale InsightIQ 5.1 allows local users to cause denial of service. Dell has not disclosed the affected component, the incorrect privileged operation, or whether exploitation causes a crash, hang, or another service interruption. Exploitation requires local access with high privileges, and no remote attack path is reported.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege management in Dell Technologies PowerScale InsightIQ 5.1 allows local users to cause denial of service. Dell has not disclosed the affected component, the incorrect privileged operation, or whether exploitation causes a crash, hang, or another service interruption. Exploitation requires local access with high privileges, and no remote attack path is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-39574
Published
Sep 10, 2024
Updated
Sep 10, 2024
Vendor
Dell Technologies
Product
PowerScale InsightIQ
Classifications
CWE-269, CAPEC-58, CAPEC-233, CAPEC-122, T1499.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 10, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Dell Technologies · PowerScale InsightIQversion=5.1

Published CVSS scores

4.4NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.7Dell TechnologiesCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC-58Restful Privilege Elevation
CAPEC-233Privilege Escalation
CAPEC-122Privilege Abuse
T1499.004Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation

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