SYSTEM code execution via unquoted search path
Published Mar 5, 2026 · Updated Mar 5, 2026
Privilege escalation in Dell UPS Multi-UPS Management Console 01.06.0001 (A03) allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM. The published records do not name the affected executable, service, or path; they state only that a search-path element is left unquoted. Exploitation requires write access to a directory on the Windows system drive, where path interception causes attacker-controlled code to run with SYSTEM privileges.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Dell UPS Multi-UPS Management Console 01.06.0001 (A03) allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM. The published records do not name the affected executable, service, or path; they state only that a search-path element is left unquoted. Exploitation requires write access to a directory on the Windows system drive, where path interception causes attacker-controlled code to run with SYSTEM privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-26033
- Published
- Mar 5, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Dell UPS Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC)
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=01.06.0001 (A03)
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