CVE-2021-36285
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.7 Medium
- Published
- Sep 28, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 8, 2021
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.7 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L | dell |
Weaknesses
- CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
CPG BIOSDell |
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References
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