CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-52535

8.8 HIGH Published 2024-12-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-12-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59, CWE-61

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.

Affected configurations

• dell supportassist for business pcs (< 4.5.1) • dell supportassist for home pcs (< 4.6.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following weakness

References