CVE-2025-43938 (GCVE-0-2025-43938)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-10 16:03
Modified
2025-09-10 18:04
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-256 - Plaintext Storage of a Password
Summary
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, version(s) 19.19 and 19.20, Hyper-V contain(s) a Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to gain unauthorized access with privileges of the compromised account.
References
security_alert@emc.comhttps://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000367456/dsa-2025-326-security-update-for-dell-powerprotect-data-manager-multiple-security-vulnerabilities
Impacted products
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Version: N/A   ≤
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