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Article Number: 000209461

DSA-2023-074: Dell Trusted Device Agent Security Update for an Improper Installation Permissions Vulnerability

Summary: Dell Trusted Device Agent remediation is available for an improper installation permissions vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Article Content

Impact

High

Details

Proprietary Code CVE(s) Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2023-25542 Dell Trusted Device Agent, versions prior to 5.3.0, contain(s) an improper installation permissions vulnerability. An unauthenticated local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalated privileges. 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Proprietary Code CVE(s) Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2023-25542 Dell Trusted Device Agent, versions prior to 5.3.0, contain(s) an improper installation permissions vulnerability. An unauthenticated local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalated privileges. 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Dell Technologies recommends all customers consider both the CVSS base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores that may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

Affected Products and Remediation

CVE(s) Addressed Product Affected Version(s) Updated Version(s) Link to Update
CVE-2023-25542 Dell Trusted Device Agent Versions prior to 5.3.0
 		 5.3.0 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/trusted-device/drivers
CVE(s) Addressed Product Affected Version(s) Updated Version(s) Link to Update
CVE-2023-25542 Dell Trusted Device Agent Versions prior to 5.3.0
 		 5.3.0 https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/trusted-device/drivers

Workarounds and Mitigations

Uninstall and re-install Dell Trusted Device Agent with default settings.

Acknowledgements

CVE-2023-25542: Dell Technologies would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai for reporting this issue.

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02023-04-04Initial Release

Related Information

Dell Security Advisories and Notices
Dell Vulnerability Response Policy
CVSS Scoring Guide

Legal Information

Article Properties

Affected Product

Product Security Information, Trusted Device

Last Published Date

04 Apr 2023

Version

1

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory

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