HP Support Assistant Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A vulnerability in HP Support Assistant allows local attackers to escalate privileges by deleting arbitrary files. This issue affects HP Support Assistant versions prior to 9.46.17.0.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation.

Remediation

Users can update to HP Support Assistant version 9.46.17.0 or later. Instructions for downloading the latest version are available on the HP Customer Support - Software and Driver Downloads site.

Added: Sep 1, 2025, 7:22 PM
Updated: Sep 1, 2025, 7:22 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
8.4
impact
2.5
exploitability
3.3
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.2
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.