Dell/Alienware Digital Delivery versions prior to 3.5.2013 contain a privilege escalation…
Priority LOW 34Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Dell/Alienware Digital Delivery versions prior to 3.5.2013 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local non-privileged malicious user could exploit a named pipe that performs binary deserialization via a process hollowing technique to inject malicous code to run an executable with elevated privileges.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00386 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Dell Digital Delivery (Dell): 3.5.2013Alienware Digital Delivery (Dell): 3.5.2013
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Dell Digital Delivery (Dell) Fixed in 3.5.2013
- Fix · CNA Alienware Digital Delivery (Dell) Fixed in 3.5.2013
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-3742
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q66f-6m6f-mhqm
References
More Dell Digital Delivery vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-26074 Insufficiently protected credentials in Dell Digital Delivery CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-00144 Heap-based buffer overflow in Dell Digital Delivery CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2024-00143 Use after free in Dell Digital Delivery CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-04394 Incorrect default permissions in Dell Digital Delivery CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-02762 Path traversal in Dell Digital Delivery CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-07858 Uncontrolled search path in Dell Digital Delivery CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-3742 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-3742 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q66f-6m6f-mhqm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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