Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 19.19/19.20 default permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 19.19/19.20. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to default permission. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-43887. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 19.19/19.20. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, version(s) 19.19 and 19.20, Hyper-V contain(s) an Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.

It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43887 since 04/18/2025. The exploitation is known 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 $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/20/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-27583). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Default permission
CWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

04/18/2025 CVE reserved
09/10/2025 +145 days Advisory disclosed
09/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/20/2025 +40 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2025-326
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43887 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43887
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-323531
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2025 20:52
Updated: 10/20/2025 16:39
Changes: 09/10/2025 20:52 (62), 09/11/2025 08:46 (1), 10/20/2025 16:39 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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