Dell Display and Peripheral Manager up to 2.1.2.12 unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager up to 2.1.2.12. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-46430. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager up to 2.1.2.12. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Display and Peripheral Manager, versions prior to 2.1.2.12, contains an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

The weakness was disclosed by Marius Gabriel Mihai as dsa-2025-411. It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-46430 since 04/24/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/10/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.1.2.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Display and Peripheral Manager 2.1.2.12

Timelineinfo

04/24/2025 CVE reserved
11/10/2025 +200 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2025-411
Researcher: Marius Gabriel Mihai
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-46430 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-46430
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-331687

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2025 17:18
Changes: 11/10/2025 17:18 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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