fkie_cve-2024-52535
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-12-25 15:15
Modified
2025-01-29 20:37
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security_alert@emc.comhttps://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000261086/dsa-2024-470-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dell supportassist_for_business_pcs *
dell supportassist_for_home_pcs *


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