CVE-2021-36285
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CVE-2021-36285 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.4/10 on the CVSS scale. Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dell | Latitude 5310 2-In-1 Firmware | < 1.7.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 5320 Firmware | < 1.7.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 5400 Firmware | < 1.7.1 |
| Dell | Latitude 5411 Firmware | < 1.6.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 5500 Firmware | < 1.8.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 5520 Firmware | < 1.6.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 5511 Firmware | < 1.7.1 |
| Dell | Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet Firmware | < 1.7.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 7280 Firmware | < 1.9.1 |
| Dell | Latitude 7320 Firmware | < 1.7.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 7370 Firmware | < 1.7.1 |
| Dell | Latitude 7420 Firmware | < 1.7.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 7480 Firmware | < 1.7.1 |
| Dell | Latitude 9410 Firmware | < 1.7.1 |
| Dell | Latitude 9510 Firmware | < 1.7.0 |
| Dell | Latitude 9520 Firmware | < 1.6.0 |
| Dell | Optiplex 3080 Firmware | < 1.5.2 |
| Dell | Optiplex 3280 Aio Firmware | < 1.2.0 |
| Dell | Optiplex 7480 Aio Firmware | < 1.2.0 |
| Dell | Precision 3551 Ffirmware | < 1.6.2 |
| Dell | Precision 3640 Tower Firmware | < 1.7.1 |
References
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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