CVE-2022-34382 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Dell Command Update, Dell Update and Alienware Update versions prior to 4.6.0 contains a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the custom catalog configuration. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to elevate their privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

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 0.00193.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Dell

Dell Command Update (DCU)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 4.6.0

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dell:alienware_update::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:dell:command_update::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:dell:update::::::::

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Dell Subscribe	Alienware Update Subscribe Command Update Subscribe Update Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-37337	Dell Command Update, Dell Update and Alienware Update versions prior to 4.6.0 contains a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the custom catalog configuration. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to elevate their privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000202198

History

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2022-09-02T17:30:20.181Z

Updated: 2026-11-02T22:11:34.395Z

Reserved: 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-34382

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T09:07:16.129Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-02T18:15:12.093

Modified: 2026-11-02T22:17:15.903

Link: CVE-2022-34382

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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