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Publication date: 2025-10-13

Last updated on: 2025-11-04

Assigner: Dell

Description

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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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-13

Last Modified

2025-11-04

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-13

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-43991

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
dell	supportassist_for_business_pcs	to 4.5.3.25254 (exc)
dell	supportassist_for_home_pcs	to 4.8.2.29006 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-61	The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) following issue in SupportAssist for Home PCs (versions 4.8.2 and prior) and SupportAssist for Business PCs (versions 4.5.3 and prior). It allows a low privileged attacker with local access to the system to exploit the vulnerability to delete arbitrary files on the affected system.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can impact you by allowing a low privileged local attacker to delete arbitrary files on your system, which could lead to loss of important data or disruption of system operations.

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