Medium severity · published Apr 2, 2021
CVE-2021-21529
Dell System Update (DSU) 1.9 and earlier versions contain a denial of service vulnerability
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Dell System Update (DSU) 1.9 and earlier versions contain a denial of service vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with low privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to run out of memory by running multiple instances of the vulnerable application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
System Update · Dell
before 1.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21529
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21529
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000184608/dsa-2021-059-dell-emc-system-update-dsu-security-update-for-denial-of-service-vulnerability
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