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CVE-2025-43991

Summary
Assigner-dell
Assigner Org ID-c550e75a-17ff-4988-97f0-544cde3820fe
Published At-13 Oct, 2025 | 14:30
Updated At-14 Oct, 2025 | 14:34
Rejected At-
Credits

SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.8.2 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.3 and prior, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files only in that affected system.

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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
â–¼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
cve.org
Assigner:dell
Assigner Org ID:c550e75a-17ff-4988-97f0-544cde3820fe
Published At:13 Oct, 2025 | 14:30
Updated At:14 Oct, 2025 | 14:34
Rejected At:
â–¼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.8.2 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.3 and prior, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files only in that affected system.

Affected Products
Vendor
Dell Inc.Dell
Product
SupportAssist for Home PCs
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From N/A before 4.10.1 (semver)
Vendor
Dell Inc.Dell
Product
SupportAssist for Business PCs
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From N/A before 4.9.0 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-61CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-61
Description: CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.16.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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finder
Dell would like to thank Carson Chan for reporting this issue.
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References
HyperlinkResource
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000378367/dsa-2025-362-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilities
vendor-advisory
Hyperlink: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000378367/dsa-2025-362-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilities
Resource:
vendor-advisory
â–¼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
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Information is not available yet
â–¼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
nvd.nist.gov
Source:security_alert@emc.com
Published At:13 Oct, 2025 | 15:16
Updated At:14 Oct, 2025 | 19:36

SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 4.8.2 and prior and SupportAssist for Business PCs versions 4.5.3 and prior, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files only in that affected system.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary3.16.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Type: Secondary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CPE Matches

Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-61Secondarysecurity_alert@emc.com
CWE ID: CWE-61
Type: Secondary
Source: security_alert@emc.com
Evaluator Description

Evaluator Impact

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Vendor Statements

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000378367/dsa-2025-362-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilitiessecurity_alert@emc.com
N/A
Hyperlink: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000378367/dsa-2025-362-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilities
Source: security_alert@emc.com
Resource: N/A

Change History

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Information is not available yet

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Rejected-Not Available
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Action-Not Available
Vendor-flatpakFlatpak
Product-xdg-desktop-portalxdg-desktop-portal
CWE ID-CWE-61
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