{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36297 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36297 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-36297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer, published on 28 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-36297 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-36297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer, published on 28 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36297 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36297/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36297/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-36297","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36297/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-36297","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6wmf-4rwp-j5x8"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Dell SupportAssist Client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code via DLL hijacking in Dell SupportAssist Client, requiring a specific non-default administrative action to trigger.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"other"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"dell","cpe":[{"product":"supportassist_for_home_pcs","vendor":"dell"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-426","name":"Untrusted Search Path"}],"description":"SupportAssist Client version 3.8 and 3.9 contains an Untrusted search path vulnerability that allows attackers to load an arbitrary .dll file via .dll planting/hijacking, only by a separate administrative action that is not a default part of the SOSInstallerTool.exe installation for executing arbitrary dll's,","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Other in SupportAssist Client Consumer","id":"CVE-2021-36297","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"other","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Weak cryptography in Isilon InsightIQ","id":"CVE-2021-36298"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Command injection in VNX Control Station","id":"CVE-2021-36296"},"products":["SupportAssist Client Consumer"],"published":"2021-09-28","related":[{"cvss_score":7.3,"headline":"Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Home PCs","id":"CVE-2024-38305","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-08-21"},{"cvss_score":7.3,"headline":"Privilege escalation in SupportAssist Client Consumer","id":"CVE-2023-48670","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-22"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"Privilege escalation in SupportAssist Client Consumer","id":"CVE-2023-25535","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-14"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Home PCs","id":"CVE-2025-38738","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-14"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Security feature bypass in SupportAssist Client Consumer","id":"CVE-2022-34366","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-10"},{"cvss_score":6.3,"headline":"Auth bypass in SupportAssist Client Consumer","id":"CVE-2023-39249","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["Dell"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code via DLL hijacking in Dell SupportAssist Client, requiring a specific non-default administrative action to trigger.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36297/"}