CVE-2021-43589 is an OS command injection vulnerability affecting Dell EMC Unity, UnityVSA, and Unity XT versions prior to 5.1.2.0.5.007. A locally authenticated user with high privileges can exploit this to execute arbitrary OS commands on the underlying system, potentially leading to an elevation of privilege. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.2.0.5.007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_unity_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.2.0.5.007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_unity_xt_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.2.0.5.007CPE 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:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.