Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs 4.0.3 untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs 4.0.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-38305. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs 4.0.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version 4.0.3 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low-privileged authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executables on the operating system with elevated privileges.

The weakness was published by Shaurya1337 and Sahilshah3276 as dsa-2024-312. The advisory is shared at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-38305 since 06/13/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/22/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574 for this issue.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

06/13/2024 🔍
08/21/2024 +69 days 🔍
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03/13/2025 +204 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2024-312
Researcher: Shaurya1337, Sahilshah3276
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38305 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38305
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275345

Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2024 07:34
Updated: 03/13/2025 14:07
Changes: 08/21/2024 07:34 (62), 08/22/2024 09:12 (1), 03/13/2025 14:07 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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