CVE-2025-38738 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Home PCs
A local low-privileged attacker can exploit an incorrect privilege assignment in the Dell SupportAssist installer to elevate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-38738?
CVE-2025-38738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs, published on 14 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version(s) 4.8.2.29006 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38738?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Supportassist for Home Pcs.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38738?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-38738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-38738 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38738 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs
- CVE-2021-36297 Other in SupportAssist Client Consumer
- CVE-2024-38305 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist for Home PCs
- CVE-2023-48670 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist Client Consumer
- CVE-2023-25535 Privilege escalation in SupportAssist Client Consumer
- CVE-2022-34366 Security feature bypass in SupportAssist Client Consumer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rfp2-79f8-55cv.