Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs prior 4.8.2.38851 privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs and SupportAssist for Business PCs. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes privileges assignment. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-36613. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs and SupportAssist for Business PCs. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.6.3 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.3 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access.

The weakness was disclosed by Ouallaout Noureddine as dsa-2025-296. It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-36613 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.8.2.38851 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SupportAssist for Home PCs/SupportAssist for Business PCs 4.8.2.38851

Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
08/14/2025 +121 days Advisory disclosed
08/14/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/19/2025 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2025-296
Researcher: Ouallaout Noureddine
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-36613 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-36613
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-320167

Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2025 17:51
Updated: 08/19/2025 01:34
Changes: 08/14/2025 17:51 (63), 08/19/2025 01:34 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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