PT-2021-14595 · Dell · Dell Peripheral Manager

Nikolas Sotiriu · Published 2021-04-12 · Updated 2021-04-26 · CVE-2021-21545

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dell Peripheral Manager versions prior to 1.3.1

Description A local privilege escalation issue could potentially be exploited to gain arbitrary code execution on the system with privileges of the system user.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.3.1, update to Dell Peripheral Manager version 1.3.1 or greater to resolve the issue.

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-21545

Affected Products

Dell Peripheral Manager

References · 3

• https://dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000185100/dsa-2021-079-dell-client-security-update-for-dell-peripheral-manager-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21545 · Security Note