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DellCVELIST:CVE-2021-36284

HistorySep 28, 2021 - 7:20 p.m.

CVE-2021-36284

2021-09-2819:20:24

CWE-307

dell

www.cve.org

dell

bios

vulnerability

bypass

admin password

brute force

CVSS3

5.7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

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

AI Score

5.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive admin password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "CPG BIOS",
    "vendor": "Dell",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "1.7.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495