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CVE-2021-36285

MEDIUM
5.7
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

CWE-307

How to fix

Remediation Available
latitude 5310 2-in-1 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 5320 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 5400 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.1Fixed in:1.7.1CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 5411 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.6.0Fixed in:1.6.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 5500 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.8.0Fixed in:1.8.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 5511 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.1Fixed in:1.7.1CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 5520 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.6.0Fixed in:1.6.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 7212 rugged extreme tablet firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 7280 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.9.1Fixed in:1.9.1CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 7320 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 7370 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.1Fixed in:1.7.1CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 7420 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 7480 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.1Fixed in:1.7.1CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 9410 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.1Fixed in:1.7.1CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 9510 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
latitude 9520 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.6.0Fixed in:1.6.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
optiplex 3080 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.5.2Fixed in:1.5.2CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
optiplex 3280 aio firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.2.0Fixed in:1.2.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
optiplex 7480 aio firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.2.0Fixed in:1.2.0CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
precision 3551 ffirmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.6.2Fixed in:1.6.2CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD
precision 3640 tower firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.7.1Fixed in:1.7.1CVE-2021-36285derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days
13thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 13% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-29301High7.529%--
CVE-2023-22960High7.528%-Fix
CVE-2020-15906Critical9.827%-Fix
CVE-2016-9361Critical9.820%--
CVE-2024-39225Critical9.815%--
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