CVE-2023-48670

Summary

CVE-2023-48670 is a privilege escalation vulnerability found in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and older versions. This vulnerability allows a low privileged authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary executables on the operating system with elevated privileges. The risk score for this vulnerability is 25, indicating a high severity level. The base score is 7.8, with high impacts on integrity and confidentiality, as well as a low attack complexity and high availability impact. The affected product is Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and prior versions. To remediate this vulnerability, users should update to the latest version of Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs available from the official Dell website. This vulnerability poses a potential danger to organizations as it can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and control over systems running the vulnerable software, potentially leading to data breaches or other malicious activities.

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