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FKIE_CVE-2019-18575

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-12-06 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:25

Severity

7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Summary

Dell Command Configure versions prior to 4.2.1 contain an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symlink to a target file, allowing the attacker to overwrite or corrupt a specified file on the system.

References

	URL	Tags
	security_alert@emc.com	https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN319715	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN319715	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	dell	command\\|configure	*

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CVE-2019-18575 (GCVE-0-2019-18575)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-06 20:40 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:25

Summary

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

dell CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 70/100 over 448 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN319715	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Dell	Dell Command Configure (DCC)	Affected: unspecified , < 4.2.1 (custom)

Date Public

2019-12-05 00:00

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