CVE-2024-38305

Published Aug 21, 2024

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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.
Source: security_alert@emc.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.3
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.3
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

security_alert@emc.com: CWE-426

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_home_pcs:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E7575841-D1CE-43F7-9687-28F9C1C5E70C"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References