CVE-2023-28051
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 Power Manager, versions 3.10 and prior, contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability. A low-privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges on the system.
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 · moderate confidenceDell Power Manager versions 3.10 and prior contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability that allows a low-privileged local attacker to escalate privileges to a higher permission level on the affected system. This is a local privilege escalation vulnerability where the application fails to properly enforce authorization checks.
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< 3.11CVSS 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.
-
Check if Dell Power Manager is installedLook for the application in common installation paths (C:\Program Files\Dell\Power Manager or C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Power Manager), check Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for entries containing 'Dell Power Manager', or check for the Dell Power Manager service in Services.mscAffected if Dell Power Manager is found on the system
-
Identify the installed version of Dell Power ManagerOpen Programs and Features in Control Panel and look for Dell Power Manager in the list, or check the version in the application's About/Help section if accessible, or check the version in the registry entry under the Uninstall keyAffected if The version displayed is 3.10 or lower, or any version number less than 3.11
-
Verify the application version against affected rangeCompare the found version to the affected range: versions prior to 3.11 (including 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, etc.) are vulnerable; version 3.11 and later are fixedAffected if The installed version is 3.10 or prior, meaning any version number less than 3.11 indicates the system is affected by this vulnerability
If Dell Power Manager is installed and the version is 3.10 or any version prior to 3.11, the system is affected by this local privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper access control.
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.
dbcve · scoped3.11
Apply the vendor-supplied patch or update Dell Power Manager to a version newer than 3.10 as specified in Dell's security advisory. If a patch is unavailable, consider restricting write access to the application directory and removing unnecessary user privileges.
Power Manager 3.11 or later
- Obtain Power Manager version 3.11 or later from Dell's official support website (www.dell.com)
- Download the installer for the fixed version
- Run the installer and follow the prompts to upgrade Power Manager
- Restart any running instances of Power Manager after the upgrade completes
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $1,696.
Scan for this in your stack
Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2023-28051 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-28051 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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
No notes yet
Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.
A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.
- Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data