Description
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.
Published: 2025-07-08
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-20530 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.
History

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hp
Hp support Assistant
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hp:support_assistant:9.46.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Hp
Hp support Assistant
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00014}

 epss

{'score': 0.00016}

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title HP Support Assistant – Potential Escalation of Privilege
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': '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'}

Subscriptions

Hp Support Assistant
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hp

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-08T15:35:59.639Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T13:49:21.689Z

Link: CVE-2025-43019

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-08T15:35:50.076Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-08T16:15:57.763

Modified: 2026-01-20T14:39:40.063

Link: CVE-2025-43019

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Weaknesses