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CVE-2025-22480 (GCVE-0-2025-22480)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-13 16:04 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:52
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-13 16:52 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery Affected: N/A , < 5.5.13.1 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-02-12 18:30
Credits
Dell Technologies would like to thank mdanilor for reporting this issue.
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