cve-2024-38305
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-21 01:54
Modified
2024-08-21 13:41
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security_alert@emc.comhttps://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000227899/dsa-2024-312-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-installer-file-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
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Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Version: 4.0.3
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