CVE-2021-34546

medium

Description

An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a computer with NetSetMan Pro before 5.0 installed, that has the pre-logon profile switch button within the Windows logon screen enabled, is able to drop to an administrative shell and execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM via the "save log to file" feature. To accomplish this, the attacker can navigate to cmd.exe.

References

https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2021-01.txt

https://www.secuvera.de

https://www.netsetman.com

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jun/17

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163097/NetSetManPro-4.7.2-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-06-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00442