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GHSA-RFP2-79F8-55CV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-14 15:30 – Updated: 2025-08-14 15:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2025-08-14T15:30:45Z",
  "published": "2025-08-14T15:30:45Z",
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CVE-2025-38738 (GCVE-0-2025-38738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-14 14:36 – Updated: 2025-08-15 03:55

Summary

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Assigner

dell

References

URL

Tags

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/00035669…

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Dell	SupportAssist for Home PCs	Affected: N/A , < 4.8.2.38851 (semver)

Credits

Dell would like to thank Ouallaout Noureddine for reporting this issue.

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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