CVE-2022-34387 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist
A local authenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist to elevate privileges and gain total control of the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-34387?
CVE-2022-34387 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist, published on 10 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34387?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Dell Supportassist for Business Pcs, Dell Supportassist for Home Pcs.
How do I fix CVE-2022-34387?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34387 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-34387 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34387 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist
Sources
Also known as GHSA-63fq-p354-4c4w.