CVE-2025-5028
Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in ESET product installers
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.8
Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in ESET product installers
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-5028- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-21123
6.8
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-21123- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w765-6g68-fxf9
6.8
Installation file of ESET security products on Windows allow an attacker to misuse to delete an...
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.
- Record
GHSA-w765-6g68-fxf9- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-5028- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- eset safe server
- eset small business security
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset endpoint antivirus for windows
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset endpoint security for windows
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset internet security
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset nod32 antivirus
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset security ultimate
- eset, spol. s r.o. eset smart security premium
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset endpoint antivirus for windows
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset endpoint security for windows
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset internet security
- eset, spol. s.r.o eset nod32 antivirus
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-5028 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Eset Safe Server, published July 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.