dell supportassist-client-promanage CVE-2021-21518 vulnerability in Dell Products
Published on March 12, 2021

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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-21518 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a DLL preloading Vulnerability?

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

CVE-2021-21518 has been classified to as a DLL preloading vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2021-21518

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Affected Versions

Dell SupportAssist Client:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.04%
Percentile
10.71%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.