Improper privilege management in Dell Display Manager
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Dell Display Manager application, version 2.1.1.17, contains a vulnerability that low privilege user can execute malicious code during installation and uninstallation
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Dell Display Manager — dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000215216/dsa-2023-182-dell
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-15756 Link following in Dell Display ManagerPriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-32451
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9fc8-v7vw-438w
References
More Dell Display Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-12630 Dell Display Manager, versions 2.1.0 and prior, contains an arbitrary file or folder… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-16293 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Dell Display Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2023-12629 Dell Display Manager, versions 2.1.0 and prior, contains an arbitrary file or folder… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2023-15756 Link following in Dell Display Manager CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
- TI-2025-15097 Race condition in Dell Display Manager CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
Sources
- CVE-2023-32451 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-32451 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9fc8-v7vw-438w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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