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CVE-2024-37142

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 31, 2024 at 08:19 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:37 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPeripheral Manager

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Peripheral Manager· Dell
95%
v < 1.7.6
Affected range stops below 1.7.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000225474/dsa-2024-242

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-427

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