CVE-2024-52535 Path traversal in SupportAssist for Business PCs

What is CVE-2024-52535?

CVE-2024-52535 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs, published on 25 Dec 2024. 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 versions 4.6.1 and prior and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.0 and prior, contain a symbolic link (symlink) attack vulnerability in the software remediation component. A low-privileged authenticated user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, gaining privileges escalation, leading to arbitrary deletion of files and folders from the system.

Weakness: CWE-59, CWE-61

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52535?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2024-52535?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52535 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-2024-52535 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52535 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs

• 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
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Also known as GHSA-xvw3-fvp9-cwjw.