CVE-2026-25908 — The AWCC. A Low Privileged Attacker With Local Access Vulnerability

title: Elevation of Privilege via Dell AWCC Unnecessary Privileges - CVE-2026-25908
id: scw-2026-04-27-ai-1
status: experimental
level: high
description: |
  Detects attempts to exploit CVE-2026-25908 by a low-privileged attacker with local access to elevate privileges using Dell Alienware Command Center (AWCC). This rule specifically looks for AWCC processes being spawned by command-line interpreters with commands indicative of privilege escalation, such as 'runas' to impersonate an administrator.
author: SCW Feed Engine (AI-generated)
date: 2026-04-27
references:
  - https://shimiscyberworld.com/posts/nvd-CVE-2026-25908/
tags:
  - attack.privilege_escalation
  - attack.t1068
logsource:
    category: process_creation
detection:
  selection:
      Image|endswith:
          - 'AWCC.exe'
      ParentImage|contains:
          - 'cmd.exe'
          - 'powershell.exe'
      CommandLine|contains:
          - 'runas'
          - '/user:Administrator'
      condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Legitimate administrative activity

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