CVE-2022-29094 Path traversal in SupportAssist Client Consumer

What is CVE-2022-29094?

CVE-2022-29094 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer, published on 10 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer versions (3.10.4 and versions prior) and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial versions (3.1.1 and versions prior) contain an arbitrary file deletion/overwrite vulnerability. Authenticated non-admin user could exploit the issue and delete or overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29094?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2022-29094?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29094 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-29094 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer

• 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3c5x-pvpx-3j9q.