CVE-2022-34405

HIGH

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver < 6.0.9433.1 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Process Attachment

Title source: llm

Description

An improper access control vulnerability was identified in the Realtek audio driver. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by waiting for an administrator to launch the application and attach to the process to elevate privileges on the system.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000205721/dsa-2022-316-dell-client-security-update-for-a-realtek-high-definition-audio-driver-vulnerability

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 12.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-285

Status published

Products (1)

dell/realtek_high_definition_audio_driver < 6.0.9433.1

Published Jan 26, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026