CVE-2025-21107

Local code execution via unquoted search path

Published Jan 30, 2025 · Updated Jan 30, 2025

Unquoted search path handling in Dell Technologies NetWorker before 19.11.0.3 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges. Dell has not disclosed the affected executable, service, or path whose unquoted element permits search-path interception. Low-privileged local access and the ability to place crafted code in a searched parent path are required; successful exploitation runs attacker-controlled code.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.20%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Unquoted search path handling in Dell Technologies NetWorker before 19.11.0.3 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges. Dell has not disclosed the affected executable, service, or path whose unquoted element permits search-path interception. Low-privileged local access and the ability to place crafted code in a searched parent path are required; successful exploitation runs attacker-controlled code.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-21107
Published
Jan 30, 2025
Updated
Jan 30, 2025
Vendor
Dell Technologies
Product
NetWorker
Classifications
CWE-428, T1574.009
Attack vector
local
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=19.10 <=19.10.0.6
  2. Affected versionversion=19.11 <=19.11.0.2
  3. Affected versionversion=N/A <19.10

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

Dell Technologies · NetWorkerversion=19.10 <=19.10.0.6; version=19.11 <=19.11.0.2; version=N/A <19.10

Published CVSS scores

7.8Dell TechnologiesCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or Element
T1574.009Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by Unquoted Path

Public exploit references

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