Multiple vulnerabilities in HP Support Assistant

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HP Support Assistant. These vulnerabilities include privilege escalation, compromise of integrity, allowed communication with untrusted clients, and unauthorized modification of files.

HP strives to address all security issues with HP Support Assistant at best possible speed and makes the latest version available with the fixes. HP recommends customers to update to latest version of HP Support Assistant that includes fixes to above listed issues by turning on automatic updates within HP Support Assistant settings. If the system has HP Support Assistant 8x version, HP advises customers to upgrade to HP Support Assistant 9 version by going to About section and checking for updates. If the system has HP Support Assistant version 9, HP recommends keeping MS store updates turned on so that the application is always kept up to date.