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Dell SupportAssist < 3.11.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 166389

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a Dell SupportAssist that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the version of Dell SupportAssist Client is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs (version 3.11.4 and prior) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (version 3.2.0 and prior) contain information disclosure vulnerability. A local malicious user with low privileges could exploit this vulnerability to view and modify sensitive information in the database of the affected application. (CVE-2022-34388)

 - Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs (version 3.11.4 and prior) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (version 3.2.0 and prior) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges and gain total control of the system. (CVE-2022-34387)

 - SupportAssist for Home PCs (version 3.11.4 and prior) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (version 3.2.0 and prior) contain cryptographic weakness vulnerability. An authenticated non-admin user could potentially exploit the issue and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-34386)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer to version 3.12.3, Dell Client Commercial 3.3.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?dd431590

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166389

File Name: dell_support_assist_3_11_4.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/21/2022

Updated: 2/22/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34387

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: 10/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-34385, CVE-2022-34386, CVE-2022-34387, CVE-2022-34388

IAVA: 2022-A-0423