CVE-2025-22480

Published Feb 13, 2025

Last updated 4 days ago

Overview

Description: Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery versions prior to 5.5.13.1 contain a symbolic link attack vulnerability. A low-privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary file deletion and Elevation of Privileges.
Source: security_alert@emc.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

security_alert@emc.com: CWE-61
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "7446C348-8779-4BDC-BC2D-ECB76D81050A",
            "versionEndExcluding": "5.5.13.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References