Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Dell Peripheral Manager - CVE-2021-21545
Published: August 8, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66172
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21545
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass. A local user can trigger the vulnerability to escalate privileges on the system.
Affected software
Dell Peripheral Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2021-21545
Install updates from vendor's website.
Dell Peripheral Manager - update to 1.4.1