Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist Software
CVE-2024-52535

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Dell
Status
Supportassist For Home Pcs
Supportassist For Business Pcs
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 December 2024

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👾 Exploit Exists📰 News Worthy

Summary

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs and Business PCs contains a vulnerability related to symbolic link attacks in the software's remediation component. This issue allows low-privileged, authenticated users to exploit the vulnerability, potentially escalating their privileges. Such exploitation may result in unauthorized deletion of files and folders from affected systems, posing significant risks to data integrity. Users are urged to update to the latest versions to mitigate potential threats and enhance security.

Affected Version(s)

SupportAssist for Business PCs < 4.5.1

SupportAssist for Home PCs < 4.6.2

News Articles

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Dell SupportAssist Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privileges

A newly disclosed high-impact vulnerability in Dell’s widely used SupportAssist software could allow attackers to escalate privileges on affected systems.

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000261086/dsa-20...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 📰

    First article discovered by CybersecurityNews

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dell would like to thank mdanilor for reporting this issue.
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