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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-46238 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.
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dell
Dell supportassist For Business Pcs
Dell supportassist For Home Pcs
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_home_pcs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Dell
Dell supportassist For Business Pcs
Dell supportassist For Home Pcs

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Weaknesses CWE-61
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published:

Updated: 2024-12-26T18:11:19.799Z

Reserved: 2024-11-12T06:04:07.775Z

Link: CVE-2024-52535

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-26T18:11:16.392Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-12-25T15:15:07.247

Modified: 2025-01-29T20:37:43.070

Link: CVE-2024-52535

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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