PT-2021-12389 · Dell · Dell Supportassist For Business Pcs+1

Published 2021-07-22 · Updated 2021-08-02 · CVE-2020-5316

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 2.0 through 2.1.3 Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 2.0 through 3.4

Description The issue is related to an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A locally authenticated low privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to cause the loading of arbitrary DLLs by the SupportAssist binaries, resulting in the privileged execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 2.0 through 2.1.3, update to a version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 2.0 through 3.4, update to a version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the SupportAssist binaries to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5316

Affected Products

Dell Supportassist For Business Pcs

Dell Supportassist For Home Pcs

References · 5

• http://dell.com/support/article/SLN320101 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5316 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18476 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/26396 · Telegram Post