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CVE-2023-39249

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-280

Description

Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs version 3.4.0 contains a local Authentication Bypass vulnerability that allows locally authenticated non-admin users to gain temporary privilege within the SupportAssist User Interface on their respective PC. The Run as Admin temporary privilege feature enables IT/System Administrators to perform driver scans and Dell-recommended driver installations without requiring them to log out of the local non-admin user session. However, the granted privilege is limited solely to the SupportAssist User Interface and automatically expires after 15 minutes.

Affected products

• Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer: 3.4.0

References

• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000216574/security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerability
• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000216574/security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerability

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