Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged local account
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DeliveryInteract with AWCC spoofing flaw
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ExploitForge or tamper application notifications
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ExecutionInduce user action / crash
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ImpactInformation tampering, spoofing, or DoS
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Anti-spoofing controls
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already have a low-privileged local account on the machine running Alienware Command Center (AV:L, PR:L) and requires a legitimate user to interact with the spoofed application notifications for the attack to succeed (UI:R). The input and Dell advisory do not describe the exact feature, protocol, or configuration setting that triggers the spoofing, so the specific trigger is not described in the available sources. Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: no remote exploitation path (local only), an existing authenticated foothold is needed, mandatory user interaction, impact is confined to the AWCC application (scope unchanged, no confidentiality impact), and only versions prior to 6.14.54.0 are affected. Updating to 6.14.54.0 per Dell DSA-2026-429 is the remediation stated by the vendor. |
| Impact | This is a low-severity, low-priority issue rather than a genuine emergency, and the signals are consistent on that point. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, base 3.9) describes a local, already-authenticated, user-interaction-dependent flaw with no confidentiality impact and only low integrity and availability impact. The vuln.today Decision label is 'monitor', the lowest urgency tier, which aligns with the low CVSS. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no PoC or exploit reference are present in the input, so there is no evidence of active or likely exploitation - exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'. There are no conflicting signals here: every available indicator (local vector, required privileges, required user interaction, low impact, monitor label, absence of KEV/EPSS/PoC) points the same direction. The main gap is that EPSS is simply absent rather than low, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified; its absence is not itself a risk indicator. Overall this is a high-noise-floor, low-real-risk defect appropriate for routine patch cycles, not out-of-band response. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already has a low-privileged local account on a system running Alienware Command Center abuses the spoofing weakness (CWE-290) to forge or tamper with application notifications and trigger information tampering or a denial of service within the AWCC application. Because the CVSS vector requires user interaction (UI:R), the attack depends on a legitimate user acting on the spoofed content for full effect. No public exploit or PoC is identified in the available data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026
Authentication bypass by spoofing in Dell Alienware Command Center (AWCC) before 6.14.54.0 allows a low-privileged local attacker to tamper with application data, cause denial of service, and spoof application notifications, but only if a legitimate user interacts with the spoofed notifications. The issue is local-only, requires an existing account on the host, and has low integrity and availability impact with no confidentiality impact (CVSS 3.9). No CISA KEV entry was present and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the vuln.today decision label is monitor.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: AWCC 6.14.54.0. Dell's DSA-2026-429 advisory states that updating to 6.14.54.0 remediates the issue (https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000512248/dsa-2026-429-security-update-for-dell-alienware-command-center-6-x-for-multiple-vulnerabilities). No workarounds or compensating controls are described in the available sources; the vendor's stated remediation is the version update.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
AWCC is Dell's utility for Alienware systems, and the advisory covers 6.x releases prior to 6.14.54.0. The flaw is classified CWE-290, Authentication Bypass by Spoofing, meaning an attacker can impersonate a trusted application or component to bypass authentication checks; the exact feature, protocol, or configuration setting that triggers the spoofing is not described in the available sources. The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L confirms local access, low privileges, and mandatory user interaction, with unchanged scope and only low integrity and availability impact. No remote exploitation path is described.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Local vector and low privileges because an authenticated local account is required; UI:R because a user must act on spoofed notifications; C:N with only low integrity/availability impact confined to the app.
Primary rating from Vendor (emc).
CVSS VectorVendor: emc
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Dell Alienware Command Center (AWCC), versions prior to 6.14.54.0, contain an Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information Tampering, Denial of Service and Spoofing of Application Notifications.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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