VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-42110
A standard user can escalate privileges to SYSTEM if the FTP module is installed, because of DLL hijacking.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Allegro Windows (formerly Popsy Windows) before 3.3.4156.1. A standard user can escalate privileges to SYSTEM if the FTP module is installed, because of DLL hijacking.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- allegro/allegro
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.popsy.com/Documents/Setups/Setup.Allegro.3.3.4154.2.exePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-42110
- https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-42110Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.popsy.com/Documents/Setups/Setup.Allegro.3.3.4154.2.exePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-42110Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.