CVE-2024-38305

HIGH

Dell SupportAssist <4.0.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000227899/dsa-2024-312-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-installer-file-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-426

Status published

Products (1)

dell/supportassist_for_home_pcs 4.0.3

Published Aug 21, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026