Dell SupportAssist up to 3.9 Sscreenmeet API excessive authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Dell SupportAssist. Affected is an unknown function of the component Sscreenmeet API. Performing a manipulation results in excessive authentication. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-34389. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Dell SupportAssist. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Sscreenmeet API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Dell SupportAssist contains a rate limit bypass issues in screenmeet API third party component. An unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability and impersonate a legitimate dell customer to a dell support technician.

The weakness was presented 02/11/2023. The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-34389 since 06/23/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.12.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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CNA Base Score: 3.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Excessive authentication
CWE: CWE-307 / CWE-799 / CWE-400
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SupportAssist 3.12.3

Timelineinfo

06/23/2022 🔍
02/11/2023 +233 days 🔍
02/11/2023 +0 days 🔍
05/04/2026 +1178 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dell.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-34389 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-34389
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220593

Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2023 08:37
Updated: 05/04/2026 09:27
Changes: 02/11/2023 08:37 (47), 03/09/2023 17:42 (11), 05/04/2026 09:24 (2), 05/04/2026 09:27 (19)
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Committer: lywand
Cache ID: 216::103

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