cve-2021-21547
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-30 21:10
Modified
2024-09-16 18:34
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS score ?
0.02% (0.03894)
Summary
Dell EMC Unity, UnityVSA, and Unity XT versions prior to 5.0.7.0.5.008 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability when the Dell Upgrade Readiness Utility is run on the system. The credentials of the Unisphere Administrator are stored in plain text. A local malicious user with high privileges may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.
References
security_alert@emc.comhttps://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000185484Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000185484Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Dell Unity Version: unspecified   < 5.0.7.0.5.008
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