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CVE-2022-34405

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-34405 describes an improper access control vulnerability in the Realtek audio driver, specifically affecting Dell products. A local, authenticated attacker could exploit this by waiting for an administrator to launch the application, then attaching to the process to achieve privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.0.9433.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:realtek_high_definition_audio_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 6.0.9400.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:realtek_high_definition_audio_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 6.0.9394.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:realtek_high_definition_audio_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 6.0.9407.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:realtek_high_definition_audio_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 6.0.9388.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:realtek_high_definition_audio_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 759 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dell.com / support/kbdoc/en-us/000205721/dsa-2022-316-dell-client-security-update-for-a-realtek-high-definition-audio-driver-vulnerability
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