CVE-2023-44283
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-284 · Improper access control
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Dell Supportassist For Business Pcs < 3.5.0
- Dell Supportassist For Home Pcs < 3.14.2
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2023-44283.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2023-44283. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000219086/dsa-2023-401-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-user-interface-component
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000219086/dsa-2023-401-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-user-interface-component
References
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000219086/dsa-2023-401-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-user-interface-component
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000219086/dsa-2023-401-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-user-interface-component