cve-2021-21591
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-07-12 15:40
Modified
2024-09-17 03:48
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.1.0.0.5.394 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. 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/000189204Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000189204Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
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Dell Unity Version: unspecified   < 5.1.0.0.5.394
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