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CVE-2021-35469 (GCVE-0-2021-35469)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-14 11:43 – Updated: 2024-08-04 00:40
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Summary
The Lexmark Printer Software G2, G3 and G4 Installation Packages have a local escalation of privilege vulnerability due to a registry entry that has an unquoted service path.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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