DSA-2025-362: Security Update for Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs vulnerabilities
Summary: SupportAssist for Home and Business PCs Software Remediation is available for Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Software Remediation component that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise that affected system only. ...
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Impact
Medium
Details
| Proprietary Code CVEs | Description | CVSS Base Score | CVSS Vector String |
| CVE-2025-43991 | SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.8.2 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.3 and prior, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files only in that affected system. | 6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| Proprietary Code CVEs | Description | CVSS Base Score | CVSS Vector String |
| CVE-2025-43991 | SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.8.2 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.3 and prior, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files only in that affected system. | 6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
Affected Products & Remediation
| Product | Affected Versions | Remediated Versions | Link |
| SupportAssist for Home PCs | Versions prior to 4.8.2.29006 | Version 4.10.1 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 4.5.3.25254 | Version 4.9.0 or later | https://www.dell.com/lp/dt/supportassist-business-PC |
| Product | Affected Versions | Remediated Versions | Link |
| SupportAssist for Home PCs | Versions prior to 4.8.2.29006 | Version 4.10.1 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 4.5.3.25254 | Version 4.9.0 or later | https://www.dell.com/lp/dt/supportassist-business-PC |
Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
| 1.0 | 2025-10-06 | Initial Release |
| 2.0 | 2025-10-06 | Updated for enhanced presentation with no changes to content |
Acknowledgements
CVE-2025-43991: Dell would like to thank Carson Chan for reporting this issue.
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SupportAssist, SupportAssist for Home PCs, SupportAssist for Business PCsArticle Properties
Article Number: 000378367
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 13 Oct 2025
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