Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2021 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2021-21601

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity sensitive data in logs in Data Protection Search from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell EMC Data Protection Search, 19.4 and prior, and IDPA, 2.6.1 and prior, contain an Information Exposure in Log File Vulnerability in CIS. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with the privileges of the compromised account.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	Data Protection Search	unspecified – before 19.5

Weakness: CWE-532 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000189555 x_refsource_MISC