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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Hp Subscribe
Support Assistant Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hp:support_assistant:9.46.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_12715930-12715980-16/hpsbgn04031 cve-icon cve-icon
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'}

Projects

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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

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses