Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer and SupportAssist Client Commercial and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-29094. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer and SupportAssist Client Commercial (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer versions (3.10.4 and versions prior) and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial versions (3.1.1 and versions prior) contain an arbitrary file deletion/overwrite vulnerability. Authenticated non-admin user could exploit the issue and delete or overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

The weakness was presented 06/11/2022 as dsa-2022-139. The advisory is available at dell.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-29094 since 04/12/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2022-139
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-29094 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-29094
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-201618

Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2022 10:57
Updated: 05/05/2026 12:33
Changes: 06/11/2022 10:57 (47), 05/05/2026 12:29 (1), 05/05/2026 12:33 (18)
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Committer: lywand
Cache ID: 216::103

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