Local privilege escalation
Published Feb 10, 2023 · Updated Mar 26, 2025
Local privilege escalation in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs 3.11.2 and earlier allows local users to gain elevated privileges. The flaw resides in the Advanced Driver Restore component, but Dell has not disclosed the specific code path or unsafe operation. A local low-privileged account is required; published evidence establishes privilege elevation but does not identify the resulting privilege level.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs 3.11.2 and earlier allows local users to gain elevated privileges. The flaw resides in the Advanced Driver Restore component, but Dell has not disclosed the specific code path or unsafe operation. A local low-privileged account is required; published evidence establishes privilege elevation but does not identify the resulting privilege level.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-34384
- Published
- Feb 10, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 26, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- SupportAssist for Home PCs
- Classifications
- CWE-250, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.11.1
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