CVE-2024-37142

Code execution via uncontrolled DLL search path

Published Jul 31, 2024 · Updated Jul 31, 2024

Uncontrolled search path handling in Dell Peripheral Manager before 1.7.6 allows local users to execute code through DLL preloading. The proprietary application searches an uncontrolled path and can load a planted malicious DLL or follow a manipulated symbolic link; Dell has not identified the affected executable, library name, or path. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, after which the planted code runs with elevated privileges and can compromise data or interrupt the application host.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability0.20%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled search path handling in Dell Peripheral Manager before 1.7.6 allows local users to execute code through DLL preloading. The proprietary application searches an uncontrolled path and can load a planted malicious DLL or follow a manipulated symbolic link; Dell has not identified the affected executable, library name, or path. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, after which the planted code runs with elevated privileges and can compromise data or interrupt the application host.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-37142
Published
Jul 31, 2024
Updated
Jul 31, 2024
Vendor
Dell Technologies
Product
Dell Peripheral Manager
Classifications
CWE-427, CAPEC-471, T1574.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 31, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 31, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <1.7.6
  2. Affected versionversion=N/A <1.7.6

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Dell Technologies · Dell Peripheral Managerversion=0 <1.7.6; version=N/A <1.7.6

Published CVSS scores

7.3Dell TechnologiesCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC-471Search Order Hijacking
T1574.001DLL Search Order Hijacking

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