CVE-2022-38395

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Nov 18, 2022
Updated: Apr 29, 2025
Reserved: Aug 17, 2022

Description

HP Support Assistant uses HP Performance Tune-up as a diagnostic tool. HP Support Assistant uses Fusion to launch HP Performance Tune-up. It is possible for an attacker to exploit the DLL hijacking vulnerability and elevate privileges when Fusion launches the HP Performance Tune-up.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Affected Products

Product	Versions
HP Support AssistantHP Inc.	See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions.Affected

References

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_6788123-6788147-16/hpsbhf03809

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