CVE-2021-21591 vulnerability in Dell Products
Published on July 12, 2021
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-21591 can be exploited with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2021-21591 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
Dell Unity:- Version unspecified and below 5.1.0.0.5.394 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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