CVE-2021-35449

high

Description

The 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.

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jacob-baines/vuln_disclosure/main/vuln_2021_02.txt

http://support.lexmark.com/alerts/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163811/Lexmark-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-19

Updated: 2021-09-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High