CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-36284

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive admin password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

4.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2021-09-28 08:15

Updated : 2021-10-04 02:25

NVD link : CVE-2021-36284

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36284

Products Affected

Dell

Latitude 7370 Firmware

CWE
CWE-307

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts