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CVE-2021-36317

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36317 is a plain-text password storage vulnerability in Dell EMC Avamar Server (versions 19.4) and PowerProtect Data Protection Appliance. A local attacker with high privileges could exploit this to disclose user credentials, potentially gaining access to the application. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.7), the vulnerability has no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or active community discussion, and is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
19.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_avamar_server:19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_powerprotect_data_protection_appliance:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/202210-09
Third Party Advisory
dell.com / support/kbdoc/000193369
PatchVendor Advisory