Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs and SupportAssist for Business PCs. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to symlink. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-52535. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs and SupportAssist for Business PCs (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.6.1 and prior and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.0 and prior, contain a symbolic link (symlink) attack vulnerability in the software remediation component. A low-privileged authenticated user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, gaining privileges escalation, leading to arbitrary deletion of files and folders from the system.

The weakness was shared by Mdanilor as dsa-2024-470. The advisory is available at dell.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-52535 since 11/12/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
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Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/12/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2024-470
Researcher: Mdanilor
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-52535 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-52535
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-289294

Entryinfo

Created: 12/25/2024 16:12
Changes: 12/25/2024 16:12 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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