Dell Display and Peripheral Manager Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Vulnerability Allowing Elevation of Privileges

A vulnerability allowing execution with unnecessary privileges has been identified in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager, versions prior to 2.1.2.12. This vulnerability resides in the Installer, where a low privileged attacker with local access could exploit it, potentially leading to elevation of privileges.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a low privileged attacker with local access to gain elevated privileges on the system.

Remediation

Users are advised to update to Dell Display and Peripheral Manager version 2.1.2.12 or later. For those who have already installed the software, no reinstallation is necessary, as the issue only occurs during the initial installation when launching the application from the installer user interface.