Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist Installer Could Lead to Arbitrary Execution

CVE-2024-38305
7.3HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Dell
Status
Supportassist For Home Pcs
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 August 2024

Summary

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version 4.0.3 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low-privileged authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executables on the operating system with elevated privileges.

Affected Version(s)

SupportAssist for Home PCs = 4.0.3

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.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Dell would like to thank Shaurya1337 and sahilshah3276 for reporting this issue.
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