CVE-2024-37142 | BDVDB-2026-244233 Detail

DellDell Peripheral Manager

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

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12024-07-31Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2024-07-31
Last modified: 2024-07-31

Vendor information

Vendor: Dell
Product: Dell Peripheral Manager

All Dell vulnerabilities

Score

7.3 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 9.7.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 1.7.6
Fixed
1.7.6

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

7.3 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).