CVE-2019-3744
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell/Alienware Digital Delivery versions prior to 4.0.41 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local non-privileged malicious user could exploit a Universal Windows Platform application by manipulating the install software package feature with a race condition and a path traversal exploit in order to run a malicious executable with elevated privileges.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceDell/Alienware Digital Delivery versions before 4.0.41 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability where a non-privileged user can manipulate the UWP application's install package feature through a race condition combined with path traversal to execute malicious code with elevated privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 3.5.2013>= 4.0.15.0, < 4.0.41CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Dell Digital Delivery is installedOpen Programs and Features (appwiz.cpl) or check the installation directory under Program Files for a folder named 'Dell Digital Delivery' or 'Alienware Digital Delivery'Affected if The application is not installed, the vulnerability does not apply
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Identify the installed versionRight-click the application in Programs and Features and select Properties, or look for a version file in the installation directoryAffected if The installed version cannot be determined from available metadata
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Compare version against affected rangesIf version is visible, check if it falls into: versions < 3.5.2013, OR versions >= 4.0.15.0 but < 4.0.41Affected if Installed version is 3.5.2013 through 4.0.14.x, or >= 4.0.41, then the specific flaw in this CVE is not present
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Check if the Digital Delivery service is runningOpen Services (services.msc) and look for 'Dell Digital Delivery Service' or 'Alienware Digital Delivery Service', or check Task Manager for related processesAffected if The service or UWP application process is not currently running, the active exploitation window is not present (though the vulnerable code still exists in the installation)
A user is affected if Dell Digital Delivery or Alienware Digital Delivery is installed with a version number less than 3.5.2013, or greater than or equal to 4.0.15.0 but less than 4.0.41, regardless of whether the service is currently running.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data3.5.20134.0.41
Update Dell/Alienware Digital Delivery to version 4.0.41 or later to patch the race condition and path traversal vulnerabilities that enable privilege escalation.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-3744 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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