CVE-2023-48670

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and prior versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low privileged authenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executable on the operating system with elevated privileges.

Dell SupportAssist para PCs domésticos versión 3.14.1 y versiones anteriores contienen una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en el instalador. Un atacante local autenticado con pocos privilegios podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad, lo que llevaría a la ejecución de un ejecutable arbitrario en el sistema operativo con privilegios elevados.

*Credits: Dell would like to thank Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) for reporting this issue.

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-11-17 CVE Reserved
2023-12-22 CVE Published
2023-12-23 EPSS Updated
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000220677/dsa-2023-468-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-installer-file-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability	2024-01-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Dell Search vendor "Dell"		Supportassist For Home Pcs Search vendor "Dell" for product "Supportassist For Home Pcs"				3.14.2.45116 Search vendor "Dell" for product "Supportassist For Home Pcs" and version "3.14.2.45116"		-		Affected