dell supportassist-for-home-pcs CVE-2021-36297 is a vulnerability in Dell Supportassist For Home Pcs
Published on September 28, 2021

SupportAssist Client version 3.8 and 3.9 contains an Untrusted search path vulnerability that allows attackers to load an arbitrary .dll file via .dll planting/hijacking, only by a separate administrative action that is not a default part of the SOSInstallerTool.exe installation for executing arbitrary dll's,

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-36297 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is an Untrusted Path Vulnerability?

The application searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the application's direct control.

CVE-2021-36297 has been classified to as an Untrusted Path vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2021-36297

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Affected Versions

Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer Version 3.8, 3.9 is affected by CVE-2021-36297

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.05%
Percentile
16.40%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.