CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-21518
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-03-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
Dell SupportAssist Client for Consumer PCs versions 3.7.x, 3.6.x, 3.4.x, 3.3.x, Dell SupportAssist Client for Business PCs versions 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and Dell SupportAssist Client ProManage 1.x contain a DLL injection vulnerability in the Costura Fody plugin. A local user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executable on the operating system with SYSTEM privileges.
Affected configurations
• dell supportassist client promanage 1.0
• dell supportassist for business pcs 2.0.0
• dell supportassist for business pcs 2.1.0
• dell supportassist for business pcs 2.2.0
• dell supportassist for home pcs 3.3.3
• dell supportassist for home pcs 3.4.0
• dell supportassist for home pcs 3.6.0
• dell supportassist for home pcs 3.7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000184012/dsa-2021-052-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-business-pcs-security-update-for-pc-doctor-plugin-vulnerability Vendor Advisory
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000184012/dsa-2021-052-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-business-pcs-security-update-for-pc-doctor-plugin-vulnerability Vendor Advisory