CVE-2021-21545

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Published Apr 12, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Dell Peripheral Manager 1.3.1 or greater contains remediation for a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could be potentially exploited to gain arbitrary code execution on the system with privileges of the system user.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Dell

Dell Peripheral Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 1.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dell:peripheral_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-8817	Dell Peripheral Manager 1.3.1 or greater contains remediation for a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could be potentially exploited to gain arbitrary code execution on the system with privileges of the system user.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.294% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000185100/dsa-2021-079-dell-client-security-update-for-dell-peripheral-manager-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability

History

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Subscriptions

Dell Peripheral Manager

Weaknesses

CWE-427

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 5:44 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: dell
Published: Apr 12, 2021, 7:50 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 5:44 PM
Reserved: Jan 4, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:35 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 12, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:35 AM

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