CVE-2021-21547: Dell EMC Unity, UnityVSA, and Unity XT versions prior to 5.0.7.0.5.008 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability when the Dell Upgrade Readiness…

PriorityP428medium6.7CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.14%

4.0th percentile

Dell EMC Unity, UnityVSA, and Unity XT versions prior to 5.0.7.0.5.008 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability when the Dell Upgrade Readiness Utility is run on the system. The credentials of the Unisphere Administrator are stored in plain text. A local malicious user with high privileges may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
dell	unity	>= unspecified < 5.0.7.0.5.008	5.0.7.0.5.008
dell	unity_operating_environment	< 5.0.7.0.5.008	5.0.7.0.5.008
dell	unity_xt_operating_environment	< 5.0.7.0.5.008	5.0.7.0.5.008
dell	unityvsa_operating_environment	< 5.0.7.0.5.008	5.0.7.0.5.008

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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