CVE-2025-38738

MEDIUM

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs < 4.8.2.38851 - Privilege Escalation via Installer

Title source: llm

Description

SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version(s) 4.8.2.29006 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000356690/dsa-2025-296-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilities

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 4.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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-266

Status published

Products (1)

dell/supportassist_for_home_pcs < 4.8.2.38851

Published Aug 14, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026