{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38305 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38305 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-38305 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs, published on 21 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38305 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-38305 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs, published on 21 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38305 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs. 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-2024-38305/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38305/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-38305","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38305/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-38305","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-p8jc-g89j-h33v"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Dell SupportAssist","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can exploit an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist installer to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"dell","cpe":[{"product":"supportassist_for_home_pcs","vendor":"dell"}],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-426","name":"Untrusted Search Path"}],"description":"Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version 4.0.3 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low-privileged authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executables on the operating system with elevated privileges.","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":"Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Home PCs","id":"CVE-2024-38305","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"btrfs: protect folio::private when attaching extent buffer folios","id":"CVE-2024-38306"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in PowerEdge Platform","id":"CVE-2024-38304"},"products":["SupportAssist for Home PCs"],"published":"2024-08-21","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Other in SupportAssist Client Consumer","id":"CVE-2021-36297","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-28"},{"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":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-21","vendors":["Dell"]},"summary":"A local attacker can exploit an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist installer to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38305/"}