PT-2021-21202 · Dell · Dell Bios

Published 2021-09-28 · Updated 2021-10-04 · CVE-2021-36284

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dell BIOS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this to bypass excessive admin password attempt mitigations, allowing for a brute force attack.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-307

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-36284

Affected Products

Dell Bios

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36284 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21869 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21602 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/29608 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21596 · Telegram Post