CVE-2024-37127 Path traversal in Dell Peripheral Manager
Attackers can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via DLL preloading or symbolic links in Dell Peripheral Manager.
- 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-2024-37127?
CVE-2024-37127 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Peripheral Manager, published on 31 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell Peripheral Manager, versions prior to 1.7.6, contain an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability through preloading malicious DLL or symbolic link exploitation, leading to arbitrary code execution and escalation of privilege
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37127?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Peripheral Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-37127?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37127 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-37127 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37127 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Peripheral Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xqvw-7hh9-jm8v.