TI-2025-28544 Aliases CVE-2025-43991 GHSA-6xc8-63f8-5g3w

SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.8.2 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs…

LOW 30CWE-61Published 2025-10-13 · Updated 2025-10-14

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.8.2 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.3 and prior, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files only in that affected system.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00133 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed SupportAssist for Home PCs (Dell): 4.10.1SupportAssist for Business PCs (Dell): 4.9.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Dell	SupportAssist for Home PCs	N/A to before 4.10.1	4.10.1	Patch available	CNA
Dell	SupportAssist for Business PCs	N/A to before 4.9.0	4.9.0	Patch available	CNA

SupportAssist for Home PCs VendorDell Affected N/A to before 4.10.1 Fixed in 4.10.1 Patch available CNA
SupportAssist for Business PCs VendorDell Affected N/A to before 4.9.0 Fixed in 4.9.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs::::::::	before 4.5.3.25254	Vulnerable	Dell
cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_home_pcs::::::::	before 4.8.2.29006	Vulnerable	Dell

cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.5.3.25254 Vulnerable ·Dell
cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_home_pcs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.8.2.29006 Vulnerable ·Dell

Remediation

Fix · CNA SupportAssist for Home PCs (Dell) Fixed in 4.10.1
Fix · CNA SupportAssist for Business PCs (Dell) Fixed in 4.9.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-43991
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6xc8-63f8-5g3w

References

Advisory 1

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000378367/dsa-2025-362-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilities

TI-2022-11646 Cross-site scripting in Dell SupportAssist Consumer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
TI-2024-35205 Link following in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2019-09165 PC-Doctor Toolbox before 7.3 has an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-23805 Improper access control in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2022-15283 Improper privilege management in Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2025-24916 SupportAssist for Business PCs, version(s) 4.5.3 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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