Medium severity · published Jun 24, 2021
CVE-2021-21571
Dell UEFI BIOS https stack leveraged by the Dell BIOSConnect feature and Dell HTTPS Boot feature contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Dell UEFI BIOS https stack leveraged by the Dell BIOSConnect feature and Dell HTTPS Boot feature contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability using a person-in-the-middle attack which may lead to a denial of service and payload tampering.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AM
Alienware M15 R6 Firmware · Dell
before 1.3.3 · source: NVD
C3
Chengming 3990 Firmware · Dell
before 1.4.1 · source: NVD
C3
Chengming 3991 Firmware · Dell
before 1.4.1 · source: NVD
G5
G15 5510 Firmware · Dell
before 1.4.0 · source: NVD
G5
G15 5511 Firmware · Dell
before 1.3.3 · source: NVD
G3
G3 3500 Firmware · Dell
before 1.9.0 · source: NVD
G5
G5 5500 Firmware · Dell
before 1.9.0 · source: NVD
G7
G7 7500 Firmware · Dell
before 1.9.0 · source: NVD
G7
G7 7700 Firmware · Dell
before 1.9.0 · source: NVD
I1
Inspiron 14 5418 Firmware · Dell
before 2.1.0_a06 · source: NVD
I1
Inspiron 15 5518 Firmware · Dell
before 2.1.0_a06 · source: NVD
I1
Inspiron 15 7510 Firmware · Dell
before 1.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21571
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21571
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000188682
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