CVE-2023-44281 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Dell Pair Installer version prior to 1.2.1 contains an elevation of privilege vulnerability. A low privilege user with local access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files and result in Denial of Service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0002.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Dell	Pair

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dell:pair:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-48637	Dell Pair Installer version prior to 1.2.1 contains an elevation of privilege vulnerability. A low privilege user with local access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files and result in Denial of Service.

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/000219185/dsa-2023-141

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +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: 2024-01-24T15:38:32.061Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:16:43.502Z

Reserved: 2023-09-28T09:25:45.713Z

Link: CVE-2023-44281

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:59:51.979Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-24T16:15:08.110

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:25:34.850

Link: CVE-2023-44281

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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