Privilege escalation and DoS via link following
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Link following in Dell Alienware Command Center before 6.14.20.0 allows local users to interrupt service or gain elevated privileges. Dell has not disclosed which AWCC component follows attacker-controlled links before a privileged file access, so the precise sink and file operation remain publicly undisclosed. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and user interaction, and the published impact is bounded to host-level service interruption and privilege gain.
Summary
What happened
Link following in Dell Alienware Command Center before 6.14.20.0 allows local users to interrupt service or gain elevated privileges. Dell has not disclosed which AWCC component follows attacker-controlled links before a privileged file access, so the precise sink and file operation remain publicly undisclosed. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and user interaction, and the published impact is bounded to host-level service interruption and privilege gain.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-49500
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Unity Technologies
- Product
- Alienware Command Center
- Classifications
- CWE-272, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <6.14.20.0
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