Local code execution via improper signature verification
Published Aug 9, 2021 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Improper signature verification in Dell Alienware Command Center before 5.4.35.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. The flaw is in cryptographic-signature verification, but Dell has not identified the responsible component, input path, or failed validation step. Local authenticated access is required; successful exploitation runs arbitrary code on the Windows system.
Summary
What happened
Improper signature verification in Dell Alienware Command Center before 5.4.35.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. The flaw is in cryptographic-signature verification, but Dell has not identified the responsible component, input path, or failed validation step. Local authenticated access is required; successful exploitation runs arbitrary code on the Windows system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-36277
- Published
- Aug 9, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Alienware Command Center
- Classifications
- CWE-347, T1553.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 9, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <4.3
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