CVE-2025-43990
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDell Command Monitor versions prior to 10.12.3.28 run with unnecessary system privileges, allowing a low-privileged local attacker to execute code with elevated (likely SYSTEM) permissions and achieve full privilege escalation on the affected host.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 10.12.3.28CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Dell Command Monitor is installedOpen Windows Registry and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or run 'Get-WmiObject Win32_Product' in PowerShell to list installed software. Look for an entry named 'Dell Command Monitor' or similar.Affected if The software is found installed on the system
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Determine the installed versionCheck the Windows Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dell Command Monitor for a 'Version' value, or right-click the executable (typically in C:\Program Files\Dell\Command Monitor\) and view Properties > Details to find the File Version.Affected if The version shown is prior to 10.12.3.28 (e.g., 10.x.x.x or lower)
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Verify the service runs with elevated privilegesOpen Services (services.msc), locate the Dell Command Monitor service, right-click and select Properties. Note the account listed under 'Log On' - this shows whether it runs as SYSTEM, Local System, or another elevated account.Affected if The service is configured to run as SYSTEM, Local System, or any other high-privilege account rather than a standard user or service account
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Check for active processes running under SYSTEMOpen Task Manager, go to the Services tab, or run 'Get-Process -Name *CommandMonitor*' in PowerShell. Use Process Explorer to verify the user context of the running Dell Command Monitor process.Affected if The Dell Command Monitor process is running under the SYSTEM account
A user is affected if Dell Command Monitor is installed with any version prior to 10.12.3.28 and the service or its processes run under an elevated SYSTEM or administrative account rather than a low-privilege account.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped10.12.3.28
Upgrade Dell Command Monitor to version 10.12.3.28 or later to remove the unnecessary privileged execution path.
10.12.3.28
- Identify the current version of Dell Command Monitor installed on the system
- Navigate to Dell's support website (www.dell.com) and locate the Dell Command Monitor download page
- Download Dell Command Monitor version 10.12.3.28 or later
- Follow Dell's standard installation procedure to upgrade the software
- Restart any affected services if prompted by the installer
- Verify the installed version matches 10.12.3.28 or later
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-43990 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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