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CVE-2024-52535

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.

Published

2024-12-25T15:15:07.247

Last Modified

2025-01-29T20:37:43.070

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-61
Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	dell	supportassist_for_business_pcs	< 4.5.1	Yes
Application	dell	supportassist_for_home_pcs	< 4.6.2	Yes

References

https://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-vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory ([email protected])