CVE-2025-43990 Privilege escalation in Command Monitor (DCM)
A local low-privileged attacker can exploit unnecessary privileges in Dell Command Monitor to elevate their access rights.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-43990?
CVE-2025-43990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Command Monitor (DCM), published on 5 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Dell Command Monitor (DCM), versions prior to 10.12.3.28, contains an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.
Weakness: CWE-250
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43990?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Command Monitor.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-43990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qwqm-p386-7vch.