What is CVE-2021-21545?

CVE-2021-21545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Peripheral Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-21545?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Peripheral Manager

CVE-2021-21545

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dell Peripheral Manager — versions unspecified
Dell Peripheral_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21545?: CVE-2021-21545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Peripheral Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-21545?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.