CVE-2021-36297

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-36297
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-28 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-10-07 12:56:00 UTC
DescriptionSupportAssist Client version 3.8 and 3.9 contains an Untrusted search path vulnerability that allows attackers to load an arbitrary .dll file via .dll planting/hijacking, only by a separate administrative action that is not a default part of the SOSInstallerTool.exe installation for executing arbitrary dll's,

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dell Supportassist For Home Pcs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
DSA-2021-163: Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer Security Update for Two Vulnerabilities. | Dell US MISC www.dell.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376022 Dell SupportAssist untrusted search path Vulnerability (DSA-2021-163)

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