{"id":78932,"date":"2025-09-28T11:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:41:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-05T05:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:57:22","slug":"cve-2025-38747-insecure-permissions-vulnerability-in-dell-supportassist-os-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-38747-insecure-permissions-vulnerability-in-dell-supportassist-os-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2025-38747: Insecure Permissions Vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cybersecurity community has recently identified a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery, tagged as CVE-2025-38747. This vulnerability affects Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery versions prior to 5.5.14.0 and could potentially allow an attacker to escalate their privileges on the system. This is particularly concerning as the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery is a widely used system recovery tool, raising the potential impact of this vulnerability<\/a> to a significant number of users and systems.
\nThe vulnerability’s significance is underscored by the fact that it can lead to full system<\/a> compromise or data leakage. Therefore, it is crucial for system administrators and users to understand the nature of this vulnerability<\/a>, its potential impact, and the steps required for its mitigation.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-38747
\nSeverity: High, CVSS score 7.8
\nAttack Vector: Local
\nPrivileges Required: Low
\nUser Interaction: Required
\nImpact: The vulnerability can lead<\/a> to system compromise and potential data leakage.<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n

Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery | versions prior to 5.5.14.0<\/p>\n

How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

This vulnerability arises due to insecure permissions while creating temporary files<\/a> in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this vulnerability<\/a> by manipulating these insecurely created temporary files, leading to an elevation of privileges.
\nThis elevation of privileges can give the attacker unauthorized access to system resources, potentially leading to full system compromise or data<\/a> leakage. It’s important to note that the attacker would need to have initial access to the system and the ability to interact with the user session to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Below is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited in a Unix-like system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

# Assuming the attacker has access to user's session\n$ cd \/tmp\n$ touch insecure_file # The insecurely created temporary file\n$ chmod 777 insecure_file # Setting insecure permissions\n$ echo \"malicious code\" > insecure_file\n$ .\/insecure_file # Running the file with escalated privileges<\/code><\/pre>\n
This simple example illustrates how an attacker could potentially exploit the insecure permissions<\/a> to create and execute a malicious file, subsequently leading to the elevation of privileges.
\nPlease note that this is a conceptual example, and the actual exploitation code will depend on the specific environment and system<\/a> configurations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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