CVE-2025-38738

Aug. 15, 2025, 1:12 p.m.

6.7
Medium

Description

SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version(s) 4.8.2.29006 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Emc
  • Supportassist
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-266
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a emc supportassist / <4.8.2.29006> / / / / / /

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000356690/dsa-2025-296-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilities

Tags

security_alert@emc.com
CWE-266
2025-08-14
CVE-2025-38738

CVSS Score

6.7 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 14, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 15, 2025, 1:12 p.m.

Status : Undergoing Analysis

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

More info

Source

security_alert@emc.com

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