CVE-2022-38395

HIGH

HP Support Assistant - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

HP Support Assistant uses HP Performance Tune-up as a diagnostic tool. HP Support Assistant uses Fusion to launch HP Performance Tune-up. It is possible for an attacker to exploit the DLL hijacking vulnerability and elevate privileges when Fusion launches the HP Performance Tune-up.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_6788123-6788147-16/hpsbhf03809

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 13.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (2)

hp/fusion < 1.38.2601.0

hp/support_assistant < 9.11

Timeline

Published Dec 12, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026