HP Image Assistant up to 5.3.2 race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HP Image Assistant up to 5.3.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to race condition. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-13492. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HP Image Assistant up to 5.3.2. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-363. The product checks the status of a file or directory before accessing it, which produces a race condition in which the file can be replaced with a link before the access is performed, causing the product to access the wrong file. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Image Assistant for versions prior to 5.3.3. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via a race condition when installing packages.

The advisory is shared for download at support.hp.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-13492 since 11/20/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/06/2025).

Upgrading to version 5.3.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-200994). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-363 / CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Image Assistant 5.3.3

Timelineinfo

11/20/2025 CVE reserved
12/03/2025 +13 days Advisory disclosed
12/03/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/06/2025 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: support.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-13492 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-13492
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-334180
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2025 17:57
Updated: 12/06/2025 06:01
Changes: 12/03/2025 17:57 (64), 12/04/2025 08:51 (1), 12/06/2025 06:01 (10)
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