Vulnerability · Published Apr 12, 2021 · Assigned by dell
CVE-2021-21545
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Dell Peripheral Manager from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Dell Peripheral Manager 1.3.1 or greater contains remediation for a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could be potentially exploited to gain arbitrary code execution on the system with privileges of the system user.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dell | Dell Peripheral Manager | unspecified – before 1.3.1 |
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H