# CVE-2023-44283: Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Business PCs

> Locally authenticated users can escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the Windows system context via Dell SupportAssist.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3325-j24p-9883

## What is CVE-2023-44283?

CVE-2023-44283 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs, 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

In Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs (between v3.0 and v3.14.1) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (between v3.0 and v3.4.1), a security concern has been identified, impacting locally authenticated users on their respective PCs. This issue may potentially enable privilege escalation and the execution of arbitrary code, in the Windows system context, and confined to that specific local PC.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44283?

It affects 2 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2023-44283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-44283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs

- [CVE-2022-29095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29095/): Cross-site scripting in SupportAssist Consumer (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2022-29092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29092/): Privilege escalation in SupportAssist Consumer (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-5316](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5316/): Other in Dell SupportAssist Client (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-12280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12280/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-52535](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52535/): Path traversal in SupportAssist for Business PCs (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-44283 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-44283 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs, published on 14 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44283/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44283/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44283
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44283
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-44283

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44283/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.