CVE-2021-36284 is an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability affecting Dell BIOS. A local, authenticated malicious administrator could bypass password attempt mitigations to conduct a brute-force attack. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, but could lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no known public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5310_2-in-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5320_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5411_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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