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CVE-2025-43026: HP Support Assistant – Potential Escalation of Privilege

7.1 CVSS

Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Support Assistant for versions prior to 9.44.18.0. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via an arbitrary file write.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-43026

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Problem Types

CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions

Affected Products

Vendor: HP, Inc.

Product: HP Support Assistant

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 2.93% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-25 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43026
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_12617979-12618008-16/hpsbgn04022

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