Dell Peripheral Manager Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability

CVE-2024-37142
7.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Dell
Status
Dell Peripheral Manager
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 July 2024

Summary

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

Affected Version(s)

Dell Peripheral Manager < 1.7.6

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Dell Technologies would like to thank Ouallaout Noureddine for reporting these issues
.