PT-2024-27934 · Dell · Dell Supportassist

Sahilshah3276 + 1 · Published 2024-08-20 · Updated 2024-11-25 · CVE-2024-38305

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version 4.0.3

Description A local low-privileged authenticated attacker could potentially exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer, leading to the execution of arbitrary executables on the operating system with elevated privileges.

Recommendations For version 4.0.3, consider disabling the installer until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation of the privilege escalation vulnerability. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-38305

Affected Products

Dell Supportassist

References · 10

• https://dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000227899/dsa-2024-312-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-installer-file-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38305 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1826129384274640913 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Akitra_Inc/status/1834608147161567607 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/3721 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/iSecurity/status/1826204875543523538 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/91447 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1827949144394326262 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1826088373598998943 · Twitter Post