CVE-2025-15313

Medium

Published: 10 February 2026

Published

10 February 2026

Modified

24 February 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0001 2.1th percentile

Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-15313 is a medium-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Tanium Euss. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique File Deletion (T1070.004); ranked at the 2.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to File Deletion (T1070.004) and 1 other technique.

Threat & Defense Details

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth

Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

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T1485 Data Destruction Impact

Adversaries may destroy data and files on specific systems or in large numbers on a network to interrupt availability to systems, services, and network resources.

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Why these techniques?

Arbitrary file deletion directly enables file deletion for indicator removal (T1070.004) and data destruction (T1485) via local low-priv symlink attack.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

Tanium addressed an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in Tanium EUSS.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-15313 is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in Tanium EUSS, classified under CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access). Tanium has addressed the issue, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N), indicating medium severity primarily due to high integrity impact.

A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary file deletion on the affected system, potentially disrupting operations by removing critical files without affecting confidentiality or availability.

Tanium's security advisory TAN-2025-010, available at https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2025-010, provides details on mitigation, including patches to resolve the vulnerability. Security practitioners should consult this advisory for deployment instructions.