Vulnerability in Dell Supportassist For Business Pcs
CVE-2025-43991
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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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.001 (2.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000378367/dsa-2025-362-security-update-for-del… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-43991?
- CVE-2025-43991 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Supportassist For Business Pcs, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-10-13.
- How severe is CVE-2025-43991?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-43991 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.