CVE-2024-52535

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Dec 25, 2024
Updated
Dec 26, 2024
Reserved
Nov 12, 2024

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hdell

Weaknesses

  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Affected Products

ProductVersions
SupportAssist for Home PCsDell
  • before 4.6.2Affected
SupportAssist for Business PCsDell
  • before 4.5.1Affected

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