Medium severity · published Apr 20, 2021
CVE-2021-21526
Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contains a privilege escalation in SmartLock compliance mode that may allow compadmin to execute arbitrary commands as root
6.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contains a privilege escalation in SmartLock compliance mode that may allow compadmin to execute arbitrary commands as root.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
Powerscale Onefs · Dell
8.1.0 through 9.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21526
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21526
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000185202
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