{"id":13030,"date":"2019-06-21T16:05:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T16:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=13030"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:28:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:28:43","slug":"dell-vulnerability-more-widespread-than-initially-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/security\/dell-vulnerability-more-widespread-than-initially-reported.html","title":{"rendered":"Dell Vulnerability More Widespread Than Initially Reported"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently,  a new vulnerability in PC-Doctor\u2019s Dell Hardware Support Service software <a href=\"https:\/\/safebreach.com\/Post\/OEM-Software-Puts-Multiple-Laptops-At-Risk\">discovered <\/a>by SafeBreach Labs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The potential for privilege escalation was reported in PC-Doctor and Dell SupportAssist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as the software is not patched, the vulnerability affects millions of Dell PC users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to note PC-Doctor Toolbox for Windows is rebranded under numerous names:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>CORSAIR ONE Diagnostics<\/li><li>CORSAIR Diagnostics<\/li><li>Staples EasyTech Diagnostics<\/li><li>Tobii I-Series Diagnostic Tool<\/li><li>Tobii Dynavox Diagnostic Tool<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any of these on your computer &#8211; you need to uninstall or update immediately to stay protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have put together<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apextechservices.com\/topics\/articles\/442289-cybersecurity-essentials-every-business.htm\"> cybersecurity best practices <\/a>for every organization. We urge you to read the document and live by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Learn about the latest in everything you need! Cybersecurity,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cvxexpo.tmcnet.com\/east\/\">the Channel<\/a>,&nbsp;IT, IOT,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.intelligentedgeexpo.com\/\">Edge<\/a>, AI,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sd-wanexpo.com\/east\/\">SD-WAN<\/a>,&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.futureofworkexpo.com\/\">Future of Work<\/a>&nbsp;at the world\u2019s only&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mspexpo.com\/\">MSP Expo<\/a><\/strong>, part of the&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/\">ITEXPO<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;#TechSuperShow,&nbsp;Feb 12-14, 2020 Fort Lauderdale, FL.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-6-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a new vulnerability in PC-Doctor\u2019s Dell Hardware Support Service software discovered by SafeBreach Labs. The potential for privilege escalation was reported in PC-Doctor and Dell SupportAssist. As long as the software is not patched, the vulnerability affects millions of Dell PC users. It is important to note PC-Doctor Toolbox for Windows is rebranded under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":13031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[1796,837,2125,2126],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13053,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13030\/revisions\/13053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}