CVE-2025-53919
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 · uneditedAn issue was discovered in the Portrait Dell Color Management application through 3.3.008 for Dell monitors, It creates a temporary folder, with weak permissions, during installation and uninstallation. A low-privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this, 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 confidenceThe Portrait Dell Color Management application versions up to 3.3.008 creates temporary folders during installation and uninstallation with weak file system permissions (likely world-writable or with overly permissive Access Control Lists). A low-privileged local attacker can exploit this by placing malicious files in the weakly-protected temp folder to achieve privilege escalation to elevated (SYSTEM or administrator) privileges.
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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<= 3.3.008CVSS 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 Portrait Dell Color Management is installedOpen Windows Registry editor and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or look for the application in Programs and Features. Search for 'Portrait Dell Color Management' entry.Affected if The application is present in installed programs list with version 3.3.008 or lower
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Determine installed versionIn Programs and Features or the registry uninstall key, locate the 'DisplayVersion' value for Portrait Dell Color Management. Compare this version number to 3.3.008.Affected if Version displayed is 3.3.008 or any version lower (e.g., 3.3.007, 3.3.000, etc.)
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Locate application installation directoryIn the registry uninstall key for Portrait Dell Color Management, find the 'InstallLocation' value. Common paths are under Program Files or Program Files (x86).Affected if Installation directory exists and contains Portrait Dell Color Management executables
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Identify temporary folders created by the applicationDuring installation or uninstallation of Portrait Dell Color Management, monitor for newly created folders in user temp directories (%TEMP% or %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp) or the application installation directory. Look for folders with names related to installation or uninstallation.Affected if Temp folders are created in accessible locations during install/uninstall operations
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Inspect permissions on temp foldersRight-click on any temp folders found in the application directory or user temp locations, go to Properties > Security tab. Check if 'Users' or 'Everyone' group has Write or Full Control permissions. Use 'icacls' command for detailed ACL output.Affected if Permissions show that standard users or Everyone has Write, Modify, or Full Control access to the temp folders
If Portrait Dell Color Management version 3.3.008 or lower is installed and temp folders created by the application grant write access to low-privileged users, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
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.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patch when available; otherwise restrict permissions on application installation directories and monitor for unauthorized file placement in temp folders used by the application.
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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