CVE-2025-5028
Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in ESET product installers
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 2nd percentile. No fix published yet.
What to do
No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.
What it is
From the CVE record
Installation file of ESET security products on Windows allow an attacker to misuse to delete an arbitrary file without having the permissions to do so.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 2nd percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
4 events over 4 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Record updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- ESET NOD32 AntivirusSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Internet SecuritySecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Smart Security PremiumSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Security UltimateSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Endpoint Antivirus for WindowsSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Endpoint Security for WindowsSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Small Business SecuritySecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- ESET Safe ServerSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
Technical detail
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Privilege EscalationT1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationhigh confidence
Sources
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