Dell Display Manager <2.3.2.18 TOCTOU Race Enables Local Code Exec
CVE-2025-22394 Published on January 15, 2025
Dell Display Manager, versions prior to 2.3.2.18, contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to code execution and possibly privilege escalation.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-22394 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a TOCTTOU Vulnerability?
The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. This weakness can be security-relevant when an attacker can influence the state of the resource between check and use. This can happen with shared resources such as files, memory, or even variables in multithreaded programs.
CVE-2025-22394 has been classified to as a TOCTTOU vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-22394
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Affected Versions
Dell Display Manager:- Before 2.3.2.20 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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