cve-2024-38305
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-21 01:54
Modified
2024-08-21 13:41
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.
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