CVE-2020-5316 describes an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in multiple versions of Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs and Home PCs. A locally authenticated, low-privileged user could leverage this flaw to load arbitrary DLLs via SupportAssist binaries, leading to the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered community attention and media coverage, highlighting its potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.