Improper access control in Dell Rugged Control Center
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Dell Rugged Control Center, version prior to 4.7, contains an improper access control vulnerability. A local malicious standard user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to modify the content in an unsecured folder during product installation and upgrade, leading to privilege escalation on the system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Rugged Control Center (RCC) (Dell) Fixed in 4.7
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Dell Rugged Control Center (RCC) — dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000217705/dsa-2023-340
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-20406 Improper access control in Dell Rugged Control CenterPriority LOW 33
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-39256
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wh74-97h7-9gvc
References
More Dell Rugged Control Center vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-15340 Improper input validation in Dell Rugged Control Center CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-20406 Improper access control in Dell Rugged Control Center CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-23089 Improper access control in Dell Rugged Control Center CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-39256 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-39256 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wh74-97h7-9gvc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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