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1 vulnerability found for Watchdog Timer Driver by Dell

CVE-2026-61407 (GCVE-0-2026-61407)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-18 14:33
Modified
2026-08-20 03:55
CWE
  • CWE-698 - Execution After Redirect (EAR)
Summary
Dell Watchdog Timer Driver versions prior to 2.0.0.1 contain an Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Privilege Escalation.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Dell Watchdog Timer Driver Version: 0   
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