CVE-2022-34405 — An improper access control vulnerability was identified in the Realtek audio dri

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 sy

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	CPG Drivers	6.0.9433.1, 6.0.9400.1, 6.0.9394.1, 1.37.275.0, 6.0.9407.1, 6.0.9388.1, 6.0.9254.1, 6.0.9422.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-25T16:15:43.535Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-28T14:53:39.273Z

09References

• www.dell.com — https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000205721/dsa-2022-316-dell-client-secu…