CVE-2025-59866 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The HCL DFMPro, DFXAnalytics and DFXServer installers are affected by ‘Insecure file permissions Leading to Privilege Escalation’ vulnerability, which enables any logged-in non-administrative user to overwrite or replace the executable file with a malicious binary.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HCLSoftware

DFMPro for CATIA

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`v4.1`	affected	—

HCLSoftware

DFXAnalytics

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`v3.1`	affected	—

HCLSoftware

DFXServer

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`v3.1`	affected	—

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0132365

History

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The HCL DFMPro, DFXAnalytics and DFXServer installers are affected by ‘Insecure file permissions Leading to Privilege Escalation’ vulnerability, which enables any logged-in non-administrative user to overwrite or replace the executable file with a malicious binary.
Weaknesses		CWE-732
References		https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0132365
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2026-07-17T17:22:03.343Z

Updated: 2026-07-17T17:52:43.779Z

Reserved: 2025-09-22T15:00:11.102Z

Link: CVE-2025-59866

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-17T17:52:40.393Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

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