CVE-2023-48670

Published Dec 22, 2023

Last updated 6 months ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: security_alert@emc.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

security_alert@emc.com: CWE-426
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-426

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_home_pcs:3.14.2.45116:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "7FC8A4F3-6029-42D8-A251-54D862F0FFD1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.