Description

Dell Command | Configure (DCC), versions prior to 5.2.3.35, contain an Improper Handling of Mixed Encoding vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

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{
  "score": "7.4",
  "pubDate": "2026-10-06T19:18:16.150Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-10-06T19:18:16.150Z",
  "executiveSummary": "Dell Command | Configure (DCC), in versions prior to 5.2.3.35, is susceptible to an Improper Handling of Mixed Encoding vulnerability.\nThis security flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to potentially achieve an Elevation of Privileges on the host system.\nThe vulnerability originates from inadequate sanitization and processing of mixed encoding schemes within the application's input handling mechanisms.\nSuccessful exploitation poses a significant security risk, as it permits unauthorized actors to gain elevated system permissions beyond their intended authorization level.\nThe impact is severe, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code or perform administrative actions with elevated privileges, compromising the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the target Dell workstation or server.\nThe exploitation requirement is limited to the attacker having remote access to the system, making timely remediation critical.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability resides in the input processing layer of Dell Command | Configure (DCC) versions prior to 5.2.3.35, specifically related to the Improper Handling of Mixed Encoding.\nThe root cause is a failure in the application to consistently normalize and validate input data that contains mixed character encoding schemes. By providing inputs crafted with deceptive or varied encoding, an attacker can bypass traditional security filters that expect uniform encoding, such as UTF-8.\nWhen the vulnerable component processes this mixed-encoded data, it may lead to an interpretation error or a buffer/memory management discrepancy that allows the attacker to influence the execution flow of the application.\nThe attack flow begins with the attacker establishing remote access to the target environment where DCC is deployed. The attacker then submits a specially crafted request containing mixed encoding payloads targeted at the vulnerable service or function within DCC.\nUpon receiving this input, the application fails to properly normalize the data before passing it to subsequent processing functions. This failure causes the application to handle the input in an unsafe manner, potentially leading to memory corruption or logic errors that facilitate Elevation of Privileges.\nBecause the vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker with remote access, the attack vector is network-based and does not require prior local access or valid user credentials. This increases the threat surface significantly.\nThe post-exploitation impact is severe, as the application likely executes with high-level system privileges. By manipulating the application's state through this encoding vulnerability, an attacker can transition from an unauthenticated remote state to executing operations with the context of the DCC service, which typically runs with local administrative or system-level privileges.\nThis elevation allows the attacker to bypass access controls, execute arbitrary system commands, install malicious software, or further compromise the underlying operating system. The lack of proper input encoding normalization is the primary mechanism that allows this escalation to bypass existing architectural security barriers."
}