Vulnerability · Published Feb 23, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-27579
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Snow Inventory Agent through 6.7.0 on Windows uses CPUID to report on processor types and versions that may be deployed and in use across an IT environment. A privilege-escalation vulnerability exists if CPUID is enabled, and thus it should be disabled via configuration settings.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://community.snowsoftware.com/s/feed/0D56900009cfHLDCA2 x_refsource_MISC