CVE-2022-34389
Published: 11 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-34389 is a low-severity Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307) vulnerability in Dell Supportassist For Business Pcs. Its CVSS base score is 3.7 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 33.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-37344
Vulnerability details
Dell SupportAssist contains a rate limit bypass issues in screenmeet API third party component. An unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability and impersonate a legitimate dell customer to a dell support technician.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
This control directly enforces limits on consecutive invalid logon attempts and automatic response (e.g., lockout) to prevent brute-force exploitation of authentication mechanisms.
Specific conditions can include excessive failed attempts, triggering stronger authentication that restricts brute-force exploitation.