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Dell Issues Urgent Update for Power Manager Vulnerability

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🔓 Dell Power Manager vulnerability poses significant security risks. A critical access control flaw (CVE-2024-49600) has been identified in Dell Power Manager versions prior to 3.17, allowing local attackers to execute arbitrary code and gain elevated privileges, jeopardizing system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Dell has urged users to update to version 3.17 immediately, as no workaround exists. This vulnerability was disclosed by TsungShu Chiu from CHT Security and comes amid recent data breaches at Dell, where sensitive employee and project information was compromised. The severity of the flaw is rated high, with a CVSS Base Score of 7.8, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced security measures.

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