CVE-2023-39249 Auth bypass in SupportAssist Client Consumer

What is CVE-2023-39249?

CVE-2023-39249 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer, published on 14 Feb 2024. 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 3.4.0 contains a local Authentication Bypass vulnerability that allows locally authenticated non-admin users to gain temporary privilege within the SupportAssist User Interface on their respective PC. The Run as Admin temporary privilege feature enables IT/System Administrators to perform driver scans and Dell-recommended driver installations without requiring them to log out of the local non-admin user session. However, the granted privilege is limited solely to the SupportAssist User Interface and automatically expires after 15 minutes.

Weakness: CWE-280

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39249?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Supportassist for Home Pcs.

How do I fix CVE-2023-39249?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39249 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2023-39249 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39249 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer

• CVE-2021-36297 Other in SupportAssist Client Consumer High 7.8
• CVE-2024-38305 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Home PCs High 7.3
• CVE-2023-48670 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist Client Consumer High 7.3
• CVE-2023-25535 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist Client Consumer High 7.2
• CVE-2025-38738 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Home PCs Medium 6.7

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g6jf-r72q-jg8c.