Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain low-privileged local foothold
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DeliveryTarget over-privileged AWCC component
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ExploitTrigger least-privilege violation (with user interaction)
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ExecutionExecute code with elevated rights / crash service
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ImpactPrivilege escalation, arbitrary code execution or DoS
Vulnerability Assessment
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V8 - Authorization Least privilege on resource access
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires local access to a system running Dell Alienware Command Center prior to version 6.14.54.0, an attacker who already holds low (non-administrative) privileges, and user interaction (UI:R in the supplied vector). Exploitation cannot be performed remotely (AV:L). The specific product feature, service, or configuration that embodies the least-privilege violation (CWE-272) is not described in the Dell advisory summary available. Limiting factors that reduce realistic risk: no network vector, a pre-existing authenticated low-privilege foothold is needed, user interaction is required, and the input rates attack complexity as high - all of which constrain widespread or automated exploitation. |
| Impact | This is a locally-exploitable privilege/integrity issue, not a remotely-reachable emergency. The input CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R) describes a local attack that requires the attacker to already hold low privileges on the machine, requires user interaction, and is rated high complexity, yielding a 6.7 (Medium) base score despite full C:H/I:H/A:H impact. There is no EPSS score provided, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit or PoC reference in the supplied data, so all three real-world-exploitation signals are absent or negative - the only elevated signal is the vendor-assigned impact. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), which is consistent with a credible-but-not-urgent local EoP. Net: this is a legitimate local privilege-escalation bug worth patching in routine cycles rather than a drop-everything event; the combination of required local access, existing low privileges, user interaction, and high attack complexity substantially limits mass exploitation. Note the CWE (CWE-272 Least Privilege Violation) and the 'RCE' tag both appear, but the arbitrary-code-execution outcome is reached only after local privilege abuse - it is not network RCE. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already has a low-privileged local account (or low-privileged code running) on an Alienware/Dell system with AWCC installed abuses a component that runs with more privilege than it should, and - with some user interaction - escalates to elevated code execution, crashes the service for denial of service, or both. No public exploit or PoC is identified in the available data, and the high attack complexity means exploitation is not trivial or reliable. The specific trigger is not described in the available sources. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026
Elevation of privilege in Dell Alienware Command Center (AWCC) releases prior to 6.14.54.0 lets a local, non-administrative user gain higher-integrity execution on the host, with the vendor advisory also citing arbitrary code execution and denial of service as possible outcomes. Dell scores this at CVSS 6.7 with a local attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required and user interaction (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), so an attacker must already hold a foothold on the machine and must induce the user to do something before the least-privilege weakness (CWE-272) can be exercised. No public exploit code or in-the-wild exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, and the vendor recommends updating to AWCC 6.14.54.0 per DSA-2026-429.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Dell Alienware Command Center to 6.14.54.0 or later, as documented in DSA-2026-429 (https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000512248/dsa-2026-429-security-update-for-dell-alienware-command-center-6-x-for-multiple-vulnerabilities). Because exploitation requires a pre-existing low-privileged local foothold plus user interaction, prioritize the upgrade on multi-user, shared and kiosk-style Alienware systems where non-administrative accounts are common, and treat it as a this-month patching item rather than an emergency network fix. The advisory summary provided does not document workarounds or specific features that can be disabled to remove the exposure, so no configuration-level mitigation can be stated on the available evidence; until the update is applied, the practical constraint is limiting which non-administrative users can log on locally to machines running AWCC and reviewing local accounts for unnecessary standing access.
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The root cause class is CWE-272, Improper Privilege Management / Least Privilege Violation: a component of Alienware Command Center that operates with elevated rights does not correctly constrain or validate the actions available to a low-privileged caller, so a non-administrative local user can drive it into performing privileged work on their behalf. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:dell:alienware_command_center_(awcc) with a wildcard version confirms the affected code base is the AWCC application itself across the 6.x line rather than a separate driver or service CPE. Dell's published summary does not name the specific feature, service, IPC channel or configuration that embodies the violation, so the trigger mechanism is not described in the available sources; the CVSS metrics indicate only that the flaw is local, requires low privileges, is rated high complexity and involves user interaction, with high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact on the same security scope (S:U). Because the granting component runs at a higher privilege level than the attacker, successful abuse yields elevation of privilege, which the vendor notes can be chained to arbitrary code execution and denial of service.
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AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Local low-privileged attacker abuses an over-privileged component to gain full EoP/ACE/DoS; trigger mechanism is undocumented, so AC:H and UI:R from the input cannot be independently justified and I default to AC:L/UI:N.
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CVSS VectorVendor: dell
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Dell Alienware Command Center (AWCC), versions prior to 6.14.54.0, contain a Least Privilege Violation vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privilege, Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service.
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