Medium severity · published Sep 28, 2021
CVE-2021-36285
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability
4.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
L5
Latitude 5310 2-in-1 Firmware · Dell
before 1.7.0 · source: NVD
L5
Latitude 5320 Firmware · Dell
before 1.7.0 · source: NVD
L5
Latitude 5400 Firmware · Dell
before 1.7.1 · source: NVD
L5
Latitude 5411 Firmware · Dell
before 1.6.0 · source: NVD
L5
Latitude 5500 Firmware · Dell
before 1.8.0 · source: NVD
L5
Latitude 5511 Firmware · Dell
before 1.7.1 · source: NVD
L5
Latitude 5520 Firmware · Dell
before 1.6.0 · source: NVD
L7
Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet Firmware · Dell
before 1.7.0 · source: NVD
L7
Latitude 7280 Firmware · Dell
before 1.9.1 · source: NVD
L7
Latitude 7320 Firmware · Dell
before 1.7.0 · source: NVD
L7
Latitude 7370 Firmware · Dell
before 1.7.1 · source: NVD
L7
Latitude 7420 Firmware · Dell
before 1.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36285
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36285
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495/
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