DSA-2021-079: Dell Client Security Update for Dell Peripheral Manager Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Summary: Dell Peripheral Manager 1.3.1 or later contains remediation for a local privilege escalation issue vulnerability that may potentially be exploited to gain arbitrary code execution on the system with privileges of the system user. ...

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Impact

High

Details

Proprietary Code CVE Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2021-21545 Dell Peripheral Manager 1.3.1 or later contains remediation for a local privilege escalation vulnerability that may be potentially exploited to gain arbitrary code execution on the system with privileges of the system user. 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Proprietary Code CVE Description CVSS Base Score CVSS Vector String
CVE-2021-21545 Dell Peripheral Manager 1.3.1 or later contains remediation for a local privilege escalation vulnerability that may be potentially exploited to gain arbitrary code execution on the system with privileges of the system user. 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Affected Products & Remediation

Product Affected Versions Updated Version Release Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)		 Link to Update
Dell Peripheral Manager Versions before 1.3.1  1.4.1 06-24-2021 Dell Peripheral Manager
Product Affected Versions Updated Version Release Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)		 Link to Update
Dell Peripheral Manager Versions before 1.3.1  1.4.1 06-24-2021 Dell Peripheral Manager

Acknowledgements

Dell would like to thank Nikolas Sotiriu for reporting this issue.

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Article Properties
Article Number: 000185100
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2024
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