VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-36284
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability.
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-307
- Affected
- dell/latitude 5310 2-in-1 firmware · dell/latitude 5320 firmware · dell/latitude 5400 firmware · dell/latitude 5411 firmware · dell/latitude 5500 firmware · dell/latitude 5520 firmware · dell/latitude 5511 firmware · dell/latitude 7212 rugged extreme tablet firmware · dell/latitude 7280 firmware · dell/latitude 7320 firmware · dell/latitude 7370 firmware · dell/latitude 7420 firmware · dell/latitude 7480 firmware · dell/latitude 9410 firmware · dell/latitude 9510 firmware · dell/latitude 9520 firmware · dell/optiplex 3080 firmware · dell/optiplex 3280 aio firmware · dell/optiplex 7480 aio firmware · dell/precision 3551 ffirmware · +1 more
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
References
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495Vendor Advisory
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.