Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs
CVE-2023-48670

7.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Dell
Status
SupportAssist Client Consumer
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 December 2023

Summary

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 3.14.1 and earlier are affected by a privilege escalation flaw in the installer. This vulnerability may allow a local, low-privileged authenticated attacker to exploit the system. By leveraging this vulnerability, attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, potentially compromising the entire operating system.

Affected Version(s)

SupportAssist Client Consumer 3.14.2.45116

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000220677/dsa-20...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dell would like to thank Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) for reporting this issue.
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