Supportassist For Business Pcs
CVE-2022-29093
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could access files and directories outside the intended path. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer versions (3.10.4 and versions prior) and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial versions (3.1.1 and versions prior) contain an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer versions (3.10.4 and versions prior) and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial versions (3.1.1 and versions prior) contain an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. Authenticated non-admin user could exploit the issue and delete arbitrary files on the system. Affected products include: Dell Supportassist For Business Pcs, Dell Supportassist For Home Pcs.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer versions (3.10.4 and versions prior) and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial versions (3.1.1 and versions prior) contain an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. Authenticated non-admin user could exploit the issue and delete arbitrary files on the system.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer versions (3.10.4 and prior) and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial versions (3.1.1
Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.6.1 and prior and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.0 and prio
Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer versions (3.11.0 and versions prior) and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial version
Dell SupportAssist Client for Consumer PCs versions 3.7.x, 3.6.x, 3.4.x, 3.3.x, Dell SupportAssist Client for Business P
PC-Doctor Toolbox before 7.3 has an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability
Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs version 2.0 and Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 3.
Symbolic-link following in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs (4.8.2 and prior) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (4.5.3 a
Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer versions (3.10.4 and versions prior) and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial version
SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.6.3 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.3 and prior, contain
SupportAssist for Business PCs, version(s) 4.5.3 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability.
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