CVE-2023-39257
Dell Rugged Control Center, version prior to 4.7, contains an Improper Access Control...
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 when product installation repair is performed, leading to privilege escalation on the system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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 when product installation repair is performed, leading to privilege escalation on the system.
- Record
CVE-2023-39257- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-42991
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 when product installation repair is performed, leading to privilege escalation on the system.
- Record
EUVD-2023-42991- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gpj3-j69j-737p
Dell Rugged Control Center, version prior to 4.7, contains an Improper Access Control...
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 when product installation repair is performed, leading to privilege escalation on the system.
- Record
GHSA-gpj3-j69j-737p- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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 when product installation repair is performed, leading to privilege escalation on the system.
- Record
CVE-2023-39257- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-39257 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Dell Rugged Control Center, published December 2, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.