Is CVE-2024-52535 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-52535 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-52535?

CVE-2024-52535 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-52535?

CVE-2024-52535 has an EPSS score of 0.55% (42th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-52535?

Upgrade supportassist for business pcs to 4.5.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-52535

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-61 CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

supportassist for business pcsNVD

Affected:< 4.5.1Fixed in:4.5.1CVE-2024-52535derived from NVD

supportassist for home pcsNVD

Affected:< 4.6.2Fixed in:4.6.2CVE-2024-52535derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.55%probability of exploitation in 30 days

42ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

dell.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-61 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-28189	Critical	10.0	7.2%	-	-
CVE-2024-28185	Critical	10.0	7.1%	-	-
CVE-2019-11249	Medium	6.5	3.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11246	Medium	6.5	3.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-16775	High	7.7	3.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11251	Medium	4.8	2.6%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-01-29.