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CVE-2024-37142

Dell Peripheral Manager, versions prior to 1.7.6, contain an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.20%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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

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: 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-427
Affected: dell/peripheral manager
Source: security_alert@emc.com

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000225474/dsa-2024-242Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.