What is CVE-2023-28049?

CVE-2023-28049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Command \| Monitor, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2023-28049?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Dell Command \| Monitor

CVE-2023-28049

Dell Command | Monitor, versions prior to 10.9, contain an arbitrary folder deletion vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability in order to perform a privileged arbitrary file delete.

Published 2024-02-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell Command \| Monitor
Dell Command Monitor (Dcm) — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000211748/dsa-2023-125-dell-command-monitor-dcm (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28049?: CVE-2023-28049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Command \| Monitor, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-28049?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.