CVE-2021-36285 describes an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Dell BIOS, allowing a local authenticated malicious administrator to bypass NVMe password attempt mitigations. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) requires high privileges and local access, potentially leading to a brute-force attack for confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, 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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.