CVE-2021-21545 Privilege escalation in Dell Peripheral Manager

High 7.8 Published 12 Apr 2021 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Local attackers can exploit a DLL hijacking vulnerability in Dell Peripheral Manager to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-21545?

CVE-2021-21545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Peripheral Manager, published on 12 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

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.

Weakness: CWE-427

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21545?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Peripheral Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21545?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-21545 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-95j5-5wc5-5hvq.