Vulnerability · Published Feb 14, 2024 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2023-44283

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in SupportAssist for Business PCs from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs (between v3.0 and v3.14.1) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (between v3.0 and v3.4.1), a security concern has been identified, impacting locally authenticated users on their respective PCs. This issue may potentially enable privilege escalation and the execution of arbitrary code, in the Windows system context, and confined to that specific local PC.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	SupportAssist for Home PCs	0 – through 3.14.1
Dell	SupportAssist for Business PCs	0 – through 3.4.1

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000219086/dsa-2023-401-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-user-interface-component vendor-advisory