CVE-2024-38305

Aug. 21, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

CVSS Score

7.3 / 10

Products impacted

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe

  • 4.0.3

Source

security_alert@emc.com

Date

Published: Aug. 21, 2024, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified: Aug. 21, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

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Description

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-426
Untrusted Search Path

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

CWE ID: 426

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.3
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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