Dell NetWorker up to 19.9/19.10.0.6/19.11.0.2 unquoted search path

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell NetWorker up to 19.9/19.10.0.6/19.11.0.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in unquoted search path. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-21107. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell NetWorker up to 19.9/19.10.0.6/19.11.0.2. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell NetWorker, version(s) prior to 19.11.0.3, all versions of 19.10 & prior versions contain(s) an Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution.

It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-21107 since 11/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/08/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• NetWorker

Version

• 19.0
• 19.1
• 19.2
• 19.3
• 19.4
• 19.5
• 19.6
• 19.7
• 19.8
• 19.9
• 19.10.0.0
• 19.10.0.1
• 19.10.0.2
• 19.10.0.3
• 19.10.0.4
• 19.10.0.5
• 19.10.0.6
• 19.11.0.0
• 19.11.0.1
• 19.11.0.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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