CVE-2023-23698 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update versions before 4.6.0 and 4.7.1 contain Insecure Operation on Windows Junction in the installer component. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary file delete.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0006.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Dell	Alienware Update Command Update

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dell:alienware_update:4.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dell:alienware_update:4.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dell:command_update:4.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dell:command_update:4.7.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27784	Dell Command \| Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update versions before 4.6.0 and 4.7.1 contain Insecure Operation on Windows Junction in the installer component. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary file delete.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000208038/dsa-2023-031

History

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2023-02-10T12:20:09.940Z

Updated: 2025-03-24T18:36:40.449Z

Reserved: 2023-01-17T05:22:17.395Z

Link: CVE-2023-23698

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:33.648Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-10T13:15:11.337

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:41.060

Link: CVE-2023-23698

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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