VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-27579
A privilege-escalation vulnerability exists if CPUID is enabled, and thus it should be disabled via configuration settings.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.46%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Snow Inventory Agent through 6.7.0 on Windows uses CPUID to report on processor types and versions that may be deployed and in use across an IT environment. A privilege-escalation vulnerability exists if CPUID is enabled, and thus it should be disabled via configuration settings.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- snowsoftware/snow inventory agent
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://community.snowsoftware.com/s/feed/0D56900009cfHLDCA2Vendor Advisory
- https://community.snowsoftware.com/s/feed/0D56900009cfHLDCA2Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.