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CVE-2025-38738: dell supportassist_for_home_pcs Incorrect Privilege Assignment

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 14-08-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38738 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in dell supportassist_for_home_pcs. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.11%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version(s) 4.8.2.29006 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.11% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.11%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Dell1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links