CVE-2021-42110 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in Allegro Windows (formerly Popsy Windows) before 3.3.4156.1. A standard user can escalate privileges to SYSTEM if the FTP module is installed, because of DLL hijacking.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Allegro	Allegro

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:allegro:allegro:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.popsy.com/Documents/Setups/Setup.Allegro.3.3.4154.2.exe
https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-42110
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-42110

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-42110

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-08T15:42:31.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T16:01:45.661Z

Reserved: 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42110

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-08T16:15:07.147

Modified: 2025-05-30T16:15:29.060

Link: CVE-2021-42110

Redhat

No data.

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