An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a computer with NetSetMan Pro before…
Priority LOW 31CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00693 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-34546
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fm8-2jgx-v3jh
References
More Netsetman vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-15453 NetSetMan 4.7.1 Workgroup Buffer Overflow Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2021-34546 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-34546 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7fm8-2jgx-v3jh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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