VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-5152

CVSS score4.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

Absolute Computrace Agent, as distributed on certain Dell Inspiron systems through 2009, has a race condition with the Dell Client Configuration Utility (DCCU), which allows privileged local users to change Computrace Agent's activation/deactivation status to the factory default via a crafted TaskResult.xml file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references