CVE-2022-34384: Dell Alienware Update

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer (version 3.11.1 and prior), SupportAssist Client Commercial (version 3.2 and prior), Dell Command | Update, Dell Update, and Alienware Update versions before 4.5 contain a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the Advanced Driver Restore component. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to privilege escalation.

Affected products

  • Dell Alienware Update: before 4.5.0 (fixed in 4.5.0)
  • Dell Command Update: before 4.5.0 (fixed in 4.5.0)
  • Dell Supportassist For Business Pcs: up to and including 3.2.0
  • Dell Supportassist For Home Pcs: up to and including 3.11.2
  • Dell Update: before 4.5.0 (fixed in 4.5.0)

Published 2023-02-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.