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CVE-2021-21518

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Dell SupportAssist Client for Consumer PCs versions 3.7.x, 3.6.x, 3.4.x, 3.3.x, Dell SupportAssist Client for Business PCs versions 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and Dell SupportAssist Client ProManage 1.x contain a DLL injection vulnerability in the Costura Fody plugin. A local user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executable on the operating system with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected products

• Dell Supportassist Client Promanage: 1.0
• Dell SupportAssist for Business PCs: 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0
• Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer: 3.3.3, 3.4.0, 3.6.0, 3.7.0

References

• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000184012/dsa-2021-052-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-business-pcs-security-update-for-pc-doctor-plugin-vulnerability
• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000184012/dsa-2021-052-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-business-pcs-security-update-for-pc-doctor-plugin-vulnerability

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