CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-35449
High (7.8) in lexmark. EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-732
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- lexmark:g2_driver
- lexmark:g3_driver
- lexmark:g4_driver
- lexmark:universal_print_driver
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163811/Lexmark-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://support.lexmark.com/alerts/
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jacob-baines/vuln_disclosure/main/vuln_2021_02.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163811/Lexmark-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://support.lexmark.com/alerts/