CVE-2024-38305

Elevation via installer untrusted search path

Published Aug 21, 2024 · Updated Aug 21, 2024

Untrusted search path in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer 4.0.3 allows local users to run executables with elevated privileges. The installer resolves an executable through an attacker-influenceable search path; Dell does not disclose the executable name or search order. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction and grants operating-system-level elevated execution.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability0.32%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Untrusted search path in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer 4.0.3 allows local users to run executables with elevated privileges. The installer resolves an executable through an attacker-influenceable search path; Dell does not disclose the executable name or search order. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction and grants operating-system-level elevated execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-38305
Published
Aug 21, 2024
Updated
Aug 21, 2024
Vendor
Dell
Product
SupportAssist for Home PCs
Classifications
CWE-426, T1574.008
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 21, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=4.0.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Dell · SupportAssist for Home PCsversion=4.0.3

Published CVSS scores

7.3DellCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.3NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-426Untrusted Search Path
T1574.008Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking

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