Dell DDPM Mac CVE-2026-59912

Exploitation requires an interactive local session on the target macOS system with a low-privileged (non-administrator) account, as confirmed by the CVSS vector PR:L and AV:L. Dell Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM) must be installed on the target macOS endpoint - the vulnerability does not affect DDPM on other platforms. No user interaction from a higher-privileged user is required (UI:N), meaning the attack is self-contained within the low-privileged session. Exploitation is limited by: physical or remote shell access to the macOS endpoint, the presence of DDPM Mac (a Dell-specific utility not present by default on macOS), and the requirement for at least a local user account. Remote unauthenticated exploitation is not possible given AV:L.

The CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 (High) is supported by the vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, which reflects low attack complexity, no user interaction, and full impact across all three security properties - consistent with a reliable local privilege escalation primitive. No EPSS data was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified probabilistically. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog and no public proof-of-concept has been reported, limiting the immediate threat window. The attack surface is restricted to local access: an attacker must already have a foothold with a low-privileged account on the target macOS system, significantly constraining the realistic threat population. However, in enterprise environments where multiple users share endpoints or where insider threat or prior lateral movement is a concern, this becomes a meaningful privilege escalation step. The real-world priority is moderate: patch where DDPM Mac is deployed, but it does not represent an emergency response situation given the absence of remote exploitation or known active abuse.

A low-privileged user with an interactive local session on a macOS endpoint running DDPM prior to 2.3.0.1005 interacts with an improperly protected DDPM component - such as a privileged helper process, IPC socket, or world-writable resource - to bypass access controls. The attacker escalates to a higher privilege context and executes arbitrary code with elevated rights on the endpoint. No public proof-of-concept exists at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) suggests the technique is straightforward once discovered.