CVE-2022-34387 (GCVE-0-2022-34387)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-10 20:15 – Updated: 2025-03-26 15:33
VLAI
Summary
Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs (version 3.11.4 and prior) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (version 3.2.0 and prior) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges and gain total control of the system.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-24 15:09 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell SupportAssist Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.11.4, 3.2.0 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-10-12 16:00
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