Dell Peripheral Manager up to 1.7.5 Symbolic Links uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell Peripheral Manager up to 1.7.5. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Symbolic Links Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to uncontrolled search path. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-32857. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Dell Peripheral Manager up to 1.7.5 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Symbolic Links Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-427. 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was shared by Ouallaout Noureddine as dsa-2024-242. The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-32857 since 04/19/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/09/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

Upgrading to version 1.7.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Peripheral Manager 1.7.6

Timelineinfo

04/19/2024 🔍
07/31/2024 +103 days 🔍
07/31/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/09/2024 +9 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2024-242
Researcher: Ouallaout Noureddine
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-32857 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-32857
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-273244

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2024 11:11
Updated: 08/09/2024 12:39
Changes: 07/31/2024 11:11 (65), 08/01/2024 02:12 (1), 08/09/2024 12:39 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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