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Dell SupportAssist Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability (DSA-2019-088)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138150

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a Dell SupportAssist that is affected by an Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability.

Description

Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs version 2.0 and Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1, 3.2, and 3.2.1 contain an Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability. A malicious local user can exploit this vulnerability by inheriting a system thread using a leaked thread handle to gain system privileges on the affected machine.

Solution

Check vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6e92400d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138150

File Name: dell_support_assist_DSA-2019-088.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/7/2020

Updated: 7/9/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:dell:supportassist

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Dell SupportAssist

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3735