| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery up to 5.5.15.1 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to temp file. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-46685. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery up to 5.5.15.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a temp file vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-378. Opening temporary files without appropriate measures or controls can leave the file, its contents and any function that it impacts vulnerable to attack. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery, versions prior to 5.5.15.1, contain a Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
The advisory is shared at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-46685 since 04/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/14/2026).
Upgrading to version 5.5.15.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.dell.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3
VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔒
CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (dell): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Temp fileCWE: CWE-378 / CWE-377
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: SupportAssist OS Recovery 5.5.15.1
Timeline
04/27/2025 CVE reserved01/13/2026 Advisory disclosed
01/13/2026 VulDB entry created
02/14/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: dell.comAdvisory: dsa-2025-456
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-46685 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-46685
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-340721
Entry
Created: 01/13/2026 18:12Updated: 02/14/2026 02:27
Changes: 01/13/2026 18:12 (63), 02/14/2026 02:27 (11)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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