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HP Support Assistant DLL hijacking vulnerability could grant attackers privilege escalation

HP has issued a warning about a security issue with its HP Support Assistant software. Pre-installed on numerous HP systems, and included with the installation of various products from the company, HP Support Assistant has been found to have a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Tracked as CVE-2022-38395 and assigned a score of 8.2, the vulnerability is of high severity. The good news is that a fix is available.

By Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson -
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