CVE-2021-38085

Public Exploit

Description

The Canon TR150 print driver through 3.71.2.10 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue. During the add printer process, a local attacker can overwrite CNMurGE.dll and, if timed properly, the overwritten DLL will be loaded into a SYSTEM process resulting in escalation of privileges. This occurs because the driver drops a world-writable DLL into a CanonBJ %PROGRAMDATA% location that gets loaded by printisolationhost (a system process).

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.54% Top 15%
Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory defcon.org Third-Party Advisory githubusercontent.com Third-Party Advisory youtube.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-38085?
CVE-2021-38085 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-38085?
To fix CVE-2021-38085, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-38085 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2021-38085 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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