SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version(s) 4.8.2.29006 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_home_pcs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Dell
Dell supportassist For Home Pcs
Vendors & Products Dell
Dell supportassist For Home Pcs

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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Description SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version(s) 4.8.2.29006 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-15T03:55:59.518Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T05:03:52.414Z

Link: CVE-2025-38738

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-14T14:54:37.817Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-08-14T15:15:33.943

Modified: 2025-08-18T18:07:59.757

Link: CVE-2025-38738

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-15T08:17:32Z