CVE-2025-21105 Privilege escalation in RecoverPoint for VMs
A low-privileged local user can execute specific binaries to perform administrative actions, leading to privilege escalation and unauthorized data access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-21105?
CVE-2025-21105 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell RecoverPoint for VMs, published on 20 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.X contains a command execution vulnerability. A Low privileged malicious user with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability by running the specific binary and perform any administrative action permitted by it resulting in shutting down the server, modifying the configuration leading to gain access to unauthorized data.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21105?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Recoverpoint for Virtual Machines.
How do I fix CVE-2025-21105?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21105 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-21105 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21105 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell RecoverPoint for VMs
- CVE-2026-22769 Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) Use of Hard-coded Credentials
- CVE-2024-22461 Command injection in RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
- CVE-2016-6650 Security feature bypass in EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.0 and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.0
- CVE-2024-22426 Command injection in RecoverPoint for VMs
- CVE-2016-6649 Command injection in EMC RecoverPoint and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines EMC RecoverPoint versions before 4.4.1.1 and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions before 5.0
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r29w-ffc3-h4rm.