CVE-2021-35449

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-35449
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-19 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-20 12:21:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lexmark G2 Driver All All All All
Application Lexmark G3 Driver All All All All
Application Lexmark G4 Driver All All All All
Application Lexmark Universal Print Driver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Lexmark Security Advisories MISC support.lexmark.com
raw.githubusercontent.com/jacob-baines/vuln_disclosure/main/vuln_2021_02.txt MISC raw.githubusercontent.com
Lexmark Driver Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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