SYSTEM code execution via uncontrolled search path
Published Apr 12, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Local privilege escalation in Dell Peripheral Manager before 1.3.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. Dell identifies an uncontrolled search path element but does not disclose the affected executable, searched location, or attacker-controlled object. A low-privileged local account is required, and successful exploitation runs attacker-supplied code with SYSTEM privileges.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Dell Peripheral Manager before 1.3.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. Dell identifies an uncontrolled search path element but does not disclose the affected executable, searched location, or attacker-controlled object. A low-privileged local account is required, and successful exploitation runs attacker-supplied code with SYSTEM privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-21545
- Published
- Apr 12, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- Dell Peripheral Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.008
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 12, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <1.3.1
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