VDB-215348 · CVE-2022-38395 · GCVE-0-2022-38395

HP Support Assistant uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HP Support Assistant. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-38395. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Support Assistant (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

HP Support Assistant uses HP Performance Tune-up as a diagnostic tool. HP Support Assistant uses Fusion to launch HP Performance Tune-up. It is possible for an attacker to exploit the DLL hijacking vulnerability and elevate privileges when Fusion launches the HP Performance Tune-up.

The weakness was presented 12/13/2022. The advisory is shared for download at support.hp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-38395 since 08/17/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/30/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Support Assistant

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.hp.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

08/17/2022 🔍
12/13/2022 +118 days 🔍
12/13/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2025 +869 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: support.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-38395 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38395
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215348

Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2022 07:39
Updated: 04/30/2025 06:19
Changes: 12/13/2022 07:39 (35), 01/07/2023 08:43 (11), 04/30/2025 06:19 (16)
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