CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-35449

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-07-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-07-19
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 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-732

Description

The Lexmark Universal Print Driver version 2.15.1.0 and below, G2 driver 2.7.1.0 and below, G3 driver 3.2.0.0 and below, and G4 driver 4.2.1.0 and below are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. A standard low priviliged user can use the driver to execute a DLL of their choosing during the add printer process, resulting in escalation of privileges to SYSTEM.

Affected configurations

• lexmark g2 driver (<= 2.7.1.0) • lexmark g3 driver (<= 3.2.0.0) • lexmark g4 driver (<= 4.2.1.0) • lexmark universal print driver (<= 2.15.1.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References