---
id: CVE-2025-59866
title: >-
  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 f…
summary: >-
  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 f…
severity: low
cvss: 3.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-732
published: '2026-07-17'
updated: '2026-09-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-29T19:10:00.160'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59866'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0132365
    label: psirt@hcl.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00101
epssPercentile: 0.00839
ingestedAt: '2026-09-29T19:44:04.108Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.