CVE-2021-27579 : Snow Inventory Agent through 6.7.0 on Windows uses CPUID to report on processor

Snow Inventory Agent through 6.7.0 on Windows uses CPUID to report on processor types and versions that may be deployed and in use across an IT environment. A privilege-escalation vulnerability exists if CPUID is enabled, and thus it should be disabled via configuration settings.

Published 2021-02-23 18:15:14

Updated 2022-07-12 17:42:04

Source MITRE

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Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2021-27579

Snowsoftware » Snow Inventory Agent » For Windows
Versions from including (>=) 5.3.1 and up to, including, (<=) 6.7.0
cpe:2.3:a:snowsoftware:snow_inventory_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-27579

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0.04%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 10 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-27579

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.4	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	3.4	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.8	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

References for CVE-2021-27579

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