CVE-2025-43991

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductDell Supportassist For Business Pcs
PublishedOct 13, 2025
First seenOct 13, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-61CWE-61

How to fix

Update
  • dell supportassist_for_business_pcs4.5.3.25254 or later
  • dell supportassist_for_home_pcs4.8.2.29006 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
dell supportassist_for_business_pcsv < 4.5.3.252544.5.3.25254
dell supportassist_for_home_pcsv < 4.8.2.290064.8.2.29006

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