Local Administrator escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published Jun 10, 2022 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Privilege escalation in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs 3.11.0 and earlier allows local users to gain Administrator access via a search-path flaw. A fixed or controlled resource search path contains an element writable by a non-admin user, but Dell has not identified the component, resource, or path element involved. A non-admin account and local execution are required; successful exploitation runs attacker-controlled code with administrative privileges.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs 3.11.0 and earlier allows local users to gain Administrator access via a search-path flaw. A fixed or controlled resource search path contains an element writable by a non-admin user, but Dell has not identified the component, resource, or path element involved. A non-admin account and local execution are required; successful exploitation runs attacker-controlled code with administrative privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-29092
- Published
- Jun 10, 2022
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- SupportAssist for Home PCs
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.007
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=3.11.0
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