CVE-2025-43019 (GCVE-0-2025-43019)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-08 15:25 – Updated: 2025-07-08 15:35
VLAI
Title
HP Support Assistant – Potential Escalation of Privilege
Summary
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Support Assistant, which allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via an arbitrary file deletion.
Severity
5.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-08 15:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HP Inc. HP Support Assistant Affected: See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions.
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