CVE-2019-3735 Privilege escalation in Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs

What is CVE-2019-3735?

CVE-2019-3735 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs, published on 20 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3735?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Dell Supportassist for Business Pcs, Dell Supportassist for Home Pcs.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3735?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3735 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-3735 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3735 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs

• CVE-2022-29095 Cross-site scripting in SupportAssist Consumer High 8.3
• CVE-2023-44283 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Business PCs High 7.8
• CVE-2022-29092 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist Consumer High 7.8
• CVE-2020-5316 Other in Dell SupportAssist Client High 7.8
• CVE-2019-12280 Path traversal in n/a High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mhgq-rp37-738w.