CVE-2021-21544 (GCVE-0-2021-21544)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-30 20:55 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:28
VLAI
Summary
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain an improper authentication vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to manipulate the username field under the comment section and set the value to any user.
Severity
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-602 - Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Affected: unspecified , < 4.40.00.00 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-04-14 00:00
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