CVE-2025-21105 Privilege escalation in RecoverPoint for VMs

Medium 6.6 Published Updated

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.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r29w-ffc3-h4rm.

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