CVE-2004-2359

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—💥 Exploit

Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card Util TrayApplet 3.10.39.0 does not properly drop SYSTEM privileges when started from the systray applet, which allows local users to gain privileges by accessing the Help functionality.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base score: 10

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.58%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
Score date: 10/9/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN System 3.10.39.0 Tray Applet - Local Privilege Escalation (2/22/2004)

Affected technologies (1)

Dell — Truemobile 1300 Wlan Mini-pci Card Util Trayapplet

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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