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CVE-2025-5028

Assigner-ESET

Assigner Org ID-4a9b9929-2450-4021-b7b9-469a0255b215

Published At-11 Jul, 2025 | 06:40

Updated At-11 Jul, 2025 | 16:11

Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in ESET product installers

Installation file of ESET security products on Windows allow an attacker to misuse to delete an arbitrary file without having the permissions to do so.

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Assigner:ESET

Assigner Org ID:4a9b9929-2450-4021-b7b9-469a0255b215

Published At:11 Jul, 2025 | 06:40

Updated At:11 Jul, 2025 | 16:11

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Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in ESET product installers

Installation file of ESET security products on Windows allow an attacker to misuse to delete an arbitrary file without having the permissions to do so.

Affected Products

Vendor

ESET, spol. s.r.o

Product

ESET NOD32 Antivirus

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 18.1.13.0 (custom)

Vendor

ESET, spol. s.r.o

Product

ESET Internet Security

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 18.1.13.0 (custom)

Vendor

ESET, spol. s.r.o

Product

ESET Smart Security Premium

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 18.1.13.0 (custom)

Vendor

ESET, spol. s.r.o

Product

ESET Security Ultimate

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 18.1.13.0 (custom)

Vendor

ESET, spol. s.r.o

Product

ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 12.0.2049.0 (custom)
From 0 through 11.1.2059.0 (custom)

Vendor

ESET, spol. s.r.o

Product

ESET Endpoint Security for Windows

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 12.0.2049.0 (custom)
From 0 through 11.1.2059.0 (custom)

Vendor

ESET, spol. s.r.o

Product

ESET Small Business Security

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 18.1.13.0 (custom)

Vendor

ESET, spol. s.r.o

Product

ESET Safe Server

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 18.1.13.0 (custom)

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
CWE	CWE-269	CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Type: CWE

CWE ID: CWE-269

Description: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Metrics

Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
4.0	6.8	MEDIUM	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Version: 4.0

Base score: 6.8

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Impacts

CAPEC ID	Description
CAPEC-233	CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation

CAPEC ID: CAPEC-233

Description: CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8838-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-eset-product-installers-on-windows-fixed	N/A

Hyperlink: https://support.eset.com/en/ca8838-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-eset-product-installers-on-windows-fixed

Resource: N/A

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Source:security@eset.com

Published At:11 Jul, 2025 | 07:15

Updated At:15 Jul, 2025 | 13:14

Installation file of ESET security products on Windows allow an attacker to misuse to delete an arbitrary file without having the permissions to do so.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
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Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Secondary	4.0	6.8	MEDIUM	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Type: Secondary

Version: 4.0

Base score: 6.8

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-269	Secondary	security@eset.com

CWE ID: CWE-269

Type: Secondary

Source: security@eset.com

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8838-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-eset-product-installers-on-windows-fixed	security@eset.com	N/A

Hyperlink: https://support.eset.com/en/ca8838-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-eset-product-installers-on-windows-fixed

Source: security@eset.com

Resource: N/A

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Vendor-ESET, spol. s.r.o

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CWE ID-CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2025-5028

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