CVE-2021-21590 is a plain-text password storage vulnerability affecting Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.1.0.0.5.394. This medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) allows a local, high-privileged malicious user to access exposed passwords, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected user's privileges. While the potential impact is high for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.0.0.5.394CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_unity_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.0.0.5.394CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_unity_xt_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.0.0.5.394CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_unityvsa_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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