CVE-2021-36285

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-36285
  • Assigner
  • security_alert@emc.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-09-28T20:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-10-04T14:27:22
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-307 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/307.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5310_2-in-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_5310_2-in-1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5320_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_5320:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.1
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_5400:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5411_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.6.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_5411:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.8.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_5500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5520_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.6.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_5520:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5511_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.1
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_5511:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7212_rugged_extreme_tablet_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_7212_rugged_extreme_tablet:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7280_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.9.1
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_7280:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7320_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_7320:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7370_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.1
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_7370:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7420_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_7420:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7480_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.1
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_7480:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_9410_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.1
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_9410:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_9510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_9510:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_9520_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.6.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:latitude_9520:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:optiplex_3080_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.5.2
cpe:2.3:h:dell:optiplex_3080:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:optiplex_3280_aio_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.2.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:optiplex_3280_aio:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:optiplex_7480_aio_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.2.0
cpe:2.3:h:dell:optiplex_7480_aio:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:precision_3551_ffirmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.6.2
cpe:2.3:h:dell:precision_3551:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:precision_3640_tower_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.1
cpe:2.3:h:dell:precision_3640_tower:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495/ Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36285
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-36285
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:52:31 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 11:27:36 secure@dell.com security_alert@emc.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-05 11:27:36 2021-09-28T20:15Z 2021-09-28T20:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 11:27:36 2021-10-04T14:27:22 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 11:27:36 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated