CVE-2020-5316

HIGH

Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs 2.0-2.1.3 and Home PCs 2.0-3.4 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3 and Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.4 contain an uncontrolled search path vulnerability. A locally authenticated low privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to cause the loading of arbitrary DLLs by the SupportAssist binaries, resulting in the privileged execution of arbitrary code.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN320101

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 32.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (30)
dell/supportassist_for_business_pcs 2.0
dell/supportassist_for_business_pcs 2.0.1
dell/supportassist_for_business_pcs 2.0.2
dell/supportassist_for_business_pcs 2.1
dell/supportassist_for_business_pcs 2.1.1
dell/supportassist_for_business_pcs 2.1.2
dell/supportassist_for_business_pcs 2.1.3
dell/supportassist_for_home_pcs 2.0
dell/supportassist_for_home_pcs 2.0.1
dell/supportassist_for_home_pcs 2.0.2
... and 20 more
Published Jul 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026