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DSA-2024-470: Security Update for Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs vulnerabilities

Summary: Dell SupportAssist for Home and Business PCs Software remediation is available for local code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise that affected system only. ...

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Impact

High

Details

Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-52535 Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.6.1 and prior and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.0 and prior, contain a symbolic link (symlink) attack vulnerability in the software remediation component. A low-privileged authenticated user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, gaining privileges escalation, leading to arbitrary deletion of files and folders from the system. 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Proprietary Code CVEs Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2024-52535 Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.6.1 and prior and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.0 and prior, contain a symbolic link (symlink) attack vulnerability in the software remediation component. A low-privileged authenticated user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, gaining privileges escalation, leading to arbitrary deletion of files and folders from the system. 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
Dell Technologies recommends all customers consider both the CVSS base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores that may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

Affected Products & Remediation

Product Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
SupportAssist for Home PCs Versions prior to 4.6.2 Versions 4.6.2 or later https://www.dell.com/support/contents/article/product-support/self-support-knowledgebase/software-and-downloads/support-assist/supportassist-for-home
SupportAssist for Business PCs Versions prior to 4.5.1 Versions 4.5.1 or later https://www.dell.com/lp/dt/supportassist-business-PC
Product Affected Versions Remediated Versions Link
SupportAssist for Home PCs Versions prior to 4.6.2 Versions 4.6.2 or later https://www.dell.com/support/contents/article/product-support/self-support-knowledgebase/software-and-downloads/support-assist/supportassist-for-home
SupportAssist for Business PCs Versions prior to 4.5.1 Versions 4.5.1 or later https://www.dell.com/lp/dt/supportassist-business-PC

Revision History

RevisionDateDescription
1.02024-12-23Initial Release

Acknowledgements

Dell would like to thank mdanilor for reporting this issue. 

Related Information

Dell Security Advisories and Notices
Dell Vulnerability Response Policy
CVSS Scoring Guide

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Affected Products

SupportAssist, SupportAssist for Home PCs, SupportAssist for Business PCs
Article Properties
Article Number: 000261086
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 23 Dec 2024
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