CVE-2021-21522
What it is
Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information on an NVMe storage by resetting the BIOS password on the system via the Manageability Interface.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.2 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Dell Latitude 5285 2-in-1 Firmware < 1.13.0
- Dell Latitude 5289 2-in-1 Firmware < 1.23.1
- Dell Latitude 5310 2-in-1 Firmware 1.7.0
- Dell Latitude 5290 2-in-1 Firmware < 1.16.0
- Dell Latitude 7210 2-in-1 Firmware < 1.7.0
- Dell Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet Firmware < 1.33.0
- Dell Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet Firmware 1.33.0
- Dell Latitude 7280 Firmware < 1.21.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.2
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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