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CVE-2025-43993NVD status: Analyzed

Wireless 5932e: Unquoted Search Path or Element

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CVE-2025-43993 is a high-severity unquoted search path or element vulnerability in Wireless 5932e from Dell, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. The record lists version 3.2.0.22 as the first without the flaw, so updating Wireless 5932e to that release or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

Next patch cycle

High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.

What to do

  1. Update Wireless 5932e to 3.2.0.22 or a later version.
  2. Update Pro Rugged 13 Ra13250 Firmware to 3.2.0.22 or a later version.
  3. Update Pro Rugged 14 Rb14250 Firmware to 3.2.0.22 or a later version.
  4. Read the advisory on dell.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
DellWireless 5932ebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellPro Rugged 13 Ra13250 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellPro Rugged 14 Rb14250 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitude 5350 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitutde 5450 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitude 5550 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitude 7030 Rugged Extreme Tablet Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitude 7350 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitude 7350 Detachable Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitude 7450 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitude 7650 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellLatitude 9450 2-in-1 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellMobile Precision 3591 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellPrecision 3490 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22
DellPrecision 3590 Firmwarebefore 3.2.0.223.2.0.22

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
LowA basic user account is enough.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
Integrity
HighData or code can be modified at will.
Availability
HighThe component can be taken down completely.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (emc.com).

Official description

Dell Wireless 5932e and Qualcomm Snapdragon X62 Firmware and GNSS/GPS Driver, versions prior to 3.2.0.22 contain an Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code Execution.

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Unquoted Search Path or Element

The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Properly quote the full search path before executing a program on the system.
  • Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist validation schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked.

More Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerabilities (CWE-428)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

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