Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.6.1 and prior and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.0 and prior, contain a symbol…

published 2024-12-25 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-46238

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.6.1 and prior and Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.0 and prior, contain a symbolic link (symlink) attack vulnerability in the software remediation component. A low-privileged authenticated user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, gaining privileges escalation, leading to arbitrary deletion of files and folders from the system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs 4.6.2
Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs 4.5.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-26)

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs
Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs

Classification

Weakness

CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/en-us/000261086/dsa-2024-470-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-suppo
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-52535
NVD CVE-2024-52535

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Summary